Lavish Invitation and Celebration
A lavish celebration. A new rite of passage in a Seattle church that would be a stake in the ground formalizing and celebrating a new relationship. A growing church. A curious faith. At least two co-seekers together tacitly committing to supporting one another as they grow in faith in community. A welcome and recognition of all the abundance and goodness young people have to bring to our congregations.
Read MoreBack to the Spring
By the time I was fifteen, I was pretty done with church. I’d lived in two countries, three...
Read MoreScripture Still Speaks to the Soul
This past year, Rev. Meg Dowling of Bremerton United Methodist Church in the city of Bremerton,...
Read MoreMeet the Facilitators
Our second annual Christ & Cascadia Gathering is just around the corner, and we are so excited...
Read MoreSharing the Pulpit:
Lay Preaching Brings the Word to Life in Cascadia
The high schooler in my small group leaned in close, as if confessing a secret. “Sometimes I write...
Read MoreProphetic Heresies
The following article is adapted from a chapter of the book Eucontamination, which wrestles with...
Read MoreLessons from an Immigrant Family:
A Julfest Sermon
As we prepare for our upcoming Christ & Cascadia Gathering and Reimagining Preaching...
Read MoreWelcoming the Outcast
This article is an excerpt taken from Hearing the Heartbeat of God by Michael Neelley. This book...
Read MoreI Don’t Want to Die
They conveniently left this one out of the baby books. In all my research about sleep training and...
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