. . . if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the…
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s…
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on…
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is…
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and…
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom…
. . . being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and…
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to…
You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, and who also told us of…
. . . the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you…
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your…
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful…
The Eternal Now and Social Concern is the title of Thomas Kelly’s fourth chapter in his classic book Testament of…
One of the 30 ways to practice self-care is to be gentle, including being gentle with yourself, and being gentle…
Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936), a book first published in 1908, is considered one of the top 25 Christian…
Julian of Norwich (1342 – 1416) wrote Revelations of Divine Love, based upon a series of divine visions she received…
In Summer 2021, my wife Trina and I hiked 200 miles along the John Muir Trail (JMT) , the longest…
Another way to care for your inner being is to sing. I write this blog entry on December 20, 2021,…
I write this in December, 2021, just two weeks before Christmas Day, reflecting on the incarnation of God through Jesus…
One simple way to practice good self-care is to take time daily to be still. Practice moments of quiet and…
From January to May 2022, the Elders and Deacons of Cannon Beach Community Church will read Thomas Kelly’s A Testament…
One of 30 Ways to Practice Self Care, is to kneel when you pray. Before you get in bed tonight,…
During my undergraduate education at University of Washington, I took a course in Dostoevsky and read for the first time…
Consider God’s gift of sleep. How do you view sleep? How much sleep do you typically receive every night? How…