By Gary Wheeler Director, Mountaineer Christian Ashram I mentioned in my previous article that I am a private pilot, flying off and on for 23 years. I love the experience of soaring over God’s magnificent and beautiful creation, as well as the challenge of doing it all safely. As Brother John Davis will tell you, […]
by Matthew Henson 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 How is your GQ? – Your “generosity quotient”? Paul wrote this letter nearly 30 years after Easter Sunday, Jesus’ resurrection and the birth of the Christian Church. The Jerusalem Church, the Mother Church of Christianity had fallen into deep poverty and famine had swept the region. An emergency appeal […]
By Brian Shimer War. The word alone evokes horrible images, images made even more graphic by the terrorist’s practice of filming themselves in atrocities and posting them. Ukraine and Russia are still at war. Israel and Palestine are at war. Everyone knows someone closely impacted —family members, friends, missionaries, and relatives — while we live […]
by Brother Wade Paschal “And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there […]
by Brother Tom Albin “After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers […]
Written by: Matthew Henson Over the past few years, my daughter, Sarafina has talked about wanting to plant a garden at our house. Through an initiative of our local Farm Bureau and 4-H, she received some seeds to plant and one of the 4-H leaders came to help her. As Sarafina and Debbie planted the […]
Expansive Fellowship by Brother Steve Rankin In 1 John 1:3, we find this word: “What we have seen and heard, we also announce it to you so that you can have fellowship with us” (CEB). To draw people together in Christ. To hold him in common. To orient our lives around Christ and, as the […]
by Brother Wade Paschal Sometime ago I totaled up the number of people Paul listed in his letters as “co-workers” or “fellow servants” of Christ. Some of the names are quite familiar—like Timothy or Silas or Barnabas. Others we might read without considering the implication of their relationship to Paul—like Epaphras in Colossians or Epaphroditus […]
by Brother Matt Henson I grew up in the church and through my travels, I have attended numerous local churches for Sunday morning worship experiences. I commonly hear the following statements: “After worship today, we will have a fellowship time (i.e. coffee, doughnuts, and juice).” After Sunday School today, there will be a fellowship meal […]
by Brother Brian Shimer Culturally, I live in a place which deemphasizes the importance of the group. We are individuals! We do our own thing! We are our own person. What I know matters more than who I know. This reality might be even more prevalent in the Pacific Northwest for the spirit of individualism […]
