12. 11 “Loving God with the Mind” November 2008 In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus’ scribal interrogator quibbled about how to fulfill the Law in loving one’s neighbor. Like Pilate, people also hedge about truth—about loving God with one’s mind. “Test me, LORD. . .examine my heart and my mind” is a insightful [...]
Family Living: Simple and Green
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Joy Lujan is a wife and mother of six children. She is just beginning to get serious about slowing down, simplifying her life and resting in Jesus. She hopes to share with others a more peaceful and simpler way of living. She enjoys canning and gardening, and finding resources that help her raise her family [...]
Estate Plans: A final act of stewardship
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by Gene Christian, consultant for the Yearly Meeting Foundation Monthly budgeting. Retirement planning. Stewardship. If you’re like me, you probably have spent many hours during your lifetime thinking about how to most effectively earn, save, and then give all that has been entrusted to you. It’s not an easy process and it’s certainly different for [...]
Out of My Mind ~ Lavish Generosity
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. . By Colin Saxton, NWYM Superintendent . Mercy, mercy, mercy! I don’t know which of God’s character traits most grabs your attention. Maybe it is God’s holiness, Light, love, or grace. Maybe it is God’s majesty, sovereignty, justice or power. For me, it is without a doubt mercy. Mercy, mercy me… Mercy, in [...]
Keeping Current Spotlight – Staves
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A goal of the Global Outreach Board is to highlight NWYM folks who serve with other mission or relief agencies. Since 2002, Kim and Andrew Stave (North Valley & Eugene Friends) have been serving at LCC International University (formerly Lithuania Christian College). LCC is an English-speaking Christian liberal arts university that educates nearly 600 students [...]
Keeping Current with Global Outreach
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Since this issue of Connection is themed around the topics of stewardship and simplicity, I wondered what particular impact living in another country has on these issues. So I asked some questions of our overseas workers. Below are a few of their responses. Remember to pray for all our workers as they wrestle each day [...]
Keeping Current with Local Outreach – Sprague River
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by Kim Felton, North Valley Friends It just seemed to happen. . In January 2007, two or three people started a Bible study at Sprague River Friends Church on Tuesday nights. Then a few more came…and food is never far behind a gathering of people; potluck dishes followed. . . . . By September up [...]
Owning or Being Owned?
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. Tim Burdick is father to Sierra, husband to Heather, and a bi-vocational co-pastor of McKinley Hill Friends Church in Tacoma, Washington. He is also a part-time Ph.D. student at University of Birmingham and loves to play disc golf. . . My sweet widowed grandmother lives by herself in a house with a four-car [...]
Out of My Mind ~ Before the face of God
10/01/2008 By 2 Comments
Recently, I was in Greenleaf, Idaho. I stopped by the meetinghouse to catch the tail end of an outreach ministry sponsored by Latino Friends congregation Casa del Alfarero. They were hosting an outdoor concert that included a really engaging Christian rapper. I confess that I am not much into rap music…but even my head started [...]
