by Gene | Feb 15, 2023 | Church, Faith, RESTōR
My early adulthood was spent as a member of a church that met in a very old church building with even older traditions and even older people, or so it seemed. We sang hymns in strong 4 part harmony with instruments mostly not allowed. About once a year or so we would...
by Gene | May 24, 2022 | Church, Faith, Family, Marriage
On the final Sunday of the “Parenting and Other Scary Stories” series, we closed our time with a panel of parents to field and address questions from the RESTōR congregation. We didn’t get to nearly all of them – here is a follow up to those...
by Gene | Mar 28, 2022 | Business, Church, Food, Leadership
We’ve all heard ourselves or someone else say things like “Well, from where I sit” or “From my perspective”. When you hear this, whether you asked for it or not, you know you’re about to get their opinion on a particular subject...
by Gene | Aug 30, 2021 | Faith, Leadership, monday muse, RESTōR, sermon+, the monday after
THE TRUTH IS: Yesterday, we closed out the “IDOLS” collection of talks. Many of us took some big steps forward in refocusing our worship off of ourselves and our preferred idols and onto Jesus instead. We recognized that much of our idol worship has to do...
by Gene | Aug 23, 2021 | Faith, Leadership, monday muse, RESTōR, sermon+, the monday after
WITHOUT PREJUDICE: Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right-doing, [out beyond shame and fear] there is a field. I’ll meet you there. Rumi For far too much of her history the church has allowed a prejudicial culture to take root and cause harm. I believe God’s...
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