Part 2: What is you vision of the good life and better future you are looking forward to?

December 18, 2012
upside-down Christmas tree

– by Tom Sine – As we race towards Christmas 2012 and a very uncertain new year, what is your vision of the good life and better future you’re giving your life to? Is the good life of God really simply about getting “a piece of the rock” now and disembodied existence in the clouds [...]

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Racing Towards the Fiscal Cliff January 1…

November 26, 2012
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Racing Towards the Fiscal Cliff January 1… Are you prepared to help your family and your neighbors – by Tom Sine – When Sandy hit Christians were ready! Methodists, Baptists and Lutherans were ready. Roy Riley, the ELCA bishop of New Jersey, said “we were blessed to have the weekend for families and communities to [...]

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And Now a Word from Our Sponsor…

November 14, 2012
delivered - graphic

by Steve Kimes – Years ago there was a group of churches, all of whom had food ministries to the poor of one sort or another, and we were discussing how to do our ministries better.  The question came up: how can we minister to the poor who come to us?  They aren’t looking to [...]

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What Kind of Future? – part two

November 6, 2012
Tom Sine

by Tom Sine — “What kind of a future do you want?” This is a question that many Americans are asking as the US presidential election will finally be concluded on Tuesday. The two candidates do have very different visions for the future of the United States. In the coming months we will see the [...]

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Not in MY Sanctuary!

October 31, 2012
Poor kicked out

by Steve Kimes – If you’ve been following along, I have been encouraging all churches, everywhere to minister to the poor. For many churches, but not all, this means inviting all kinds of people into their facility, of all faiths, and some with no real faith at all. Let me tell you, when we welcome [...]

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For Those Who Have Ears to Hear

October 24, 2012
Conversation

by Steve Kimes – There is a program in Portland, as well as many other cities, in which the most needy homeless are granted an opportunity to move into an apartment for six months, cost free. The idea behind this is to give a homeless person an opportunity to get off the street permanently. At [...]

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Tearing Down the Counter

October 10, 2012
The Counter

by Steve Kimes – Part of a continuing series on poverty, homelessness, and community It was a good night to serve It was cold, but no freezing rain or snow. More than a hundred hungry people from the community were in the basement, waiting in line for a meal. A group from a local church [...]

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Manifest Imagination

October 8, 2012
Manifest Destiny

–by Andy Wade – Here in the United States, as another Columbus Day rolls around it seems appropriate to remember what that meant for the people already occupying the land he “discovered”. But the US is not alone in its shady past. Many countries in addition to the US have histories of colonialism and violence, [...]

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Food Collaboration

August 27, 2012
Frankinfood

– by Andy Wade — This video is disturbing. If what Jonathan Foley is saying is true, we need to collaborate with the devil in order to survive. The “devil” being the likes of Monsanto, Dow, and other industrial agricultural giants (at least in my mind). I’m not sure I’m convinced, but he makes a [...]

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Propaganda Gardening

August 24, 2012
bee on borage

– by Andy Wade – This is a great TEDSalon video from England that challenges us to get moving, get moving even without all our “ducks in a row”. Food is a universal language, one which our communities will respond to. Many from the Parish Collective and others are already doing things like this. But [...]

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