Telling my spiritual stories… For each of the following Gospel questions think through your personal story as tohowyoudiscovered its reality. In other words, what is the story (process your wounds as well as the epiphanies) of how God convinced you of each conclusion’s validity in the tangible, sweaty, nitty-gritty of life. (note: you may not […]
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Life of Faith in Post-Christian Culture
Here is an audio link from a lecture I recently gave on communicating and living within Post-Christian culture as a follower ofJesus. The thoughts here flow from my recent Doctoral studies on Post-Christian culture and our ever integrating life in Portland’s inner-Eastside.
Initiate a Reconciled Life
Here is a story from one of our chapters in the B@Peace Project. Hear about Rob’s commitment to foster peace with some of the most important people from his story.
Survival Scripts
I met two men on the streets of downtown Portland tonight. I met the first man as my wife and I had just left the Mission Theater. We were walking down Glisan street, looking for a light-rail station. He was remarkably unsurprising, at least for that time of night in that part of town. He […]
Not Joking Around
There is an old joke. It goes like this: A group of friends are hiking through the woods. They come upon a bear a ways up the path. The bear starts to charge and all the friends turn to run; all of them that is, except one.
DO SMALL: A Short Feature on a Parish Orientation
The organizing principle is a geographically based ecclesiology. It is a pressing passion that the hope of the mission of Jesus Christ may very much be found in getting a “smaller” vision: a clearly defined neighborhood, a walking-world, a parish. The fact of the matter is: a mission that is too large (“we want to […]
Weed-Eater of the Soul
I was working in my yard this weekend. I gave up my gas mower some time ago. Did you know that a gas lawn mower puts out like four times as much pollution as a car? Yikes! My weed-eater though… I have not been able to give it up. I can’t explain it. Maybe it […]
Be @ Peace Project
We are “Peace Makers” not merely “Peace Keepers.” www.be-at-peace-project.com The vision of true Shalom requires people to actively engage in fostering peace throughout their life and world.
Kriz Family Marble Run
Just an amusing little distraction in the midst of a gloomy Oregon November. Malachi, Hudson and Tristan (along with a little help from Tio Ovi, Baba Tony and Xhaxhai Robbie) spent a rainy Saturday afternoon constructing a large marble run. I hope you enjoy it (the boys can’t keep their eyes and hands away from […]
Jesus Dojo: Installment #2
Dear Friends, It is time to launch our second installation of the Jesus Dojo. Dojo: Place to learn the way. Jesus: “I am the Way” Our first chapter experimented in the realm of interpersonal reconciliation. Result: everything from “it was a nice process” to “I have been transported to a different universe, nothing is as […]