No Power … No Light
The weather forecast is showing us images of a “bomb cyclone” sitting just offshore in the Pacific, with the potential to bring heavy rains, high wind, and possible power outages this weekend. Have you ever been in the…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #7
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Over the course of the past week we have been considering the similarities between raging wildfires, and the raging lack of self-control we are observing in our world and in society…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #6
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Last year, September 2020, saw one of the worst wildfires in Oregon state history, with the Santiam Fire. No one quite knows how the Santiam Fire started, though rumors and speculation…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #5
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Words cannot describe the sound of an 80-foot-tall Western Red Cedar, Western Hemlock, or Douglas Fir snapping, splintering, and crashing to the ground!! The sound is absolutely terrifying! It sends chills…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #4
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Today’s background photo was taken from an airplane, high above eastern Washington, as smoke-choked skies obstruct the view and block out the sun. Wildfires are terrible!! Not only do they devastate…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #3
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. In discussing the topic of SELF-CONTROL, we have been considering the irreparable damage an uncontrolled tongue can do: “The tongue is a small part of the body … Consider what a…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #2
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Our guiding passage for our look at SELF-CONTROL is James 3:5-6: “The tongue is a small part of the body … Consider what a great forest is set on fire by…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #1
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Over the past 8 weeks we have been taking a look at the Fruit of the Spirit. Throughout the course of our study, our background images have contrasted light vs darkness. …
Fruit of Spirit Gentleness #7
The Fruit of the Spirit is GENTLENESS. It is interesting to note the most striking sunrises always involve clouds. Of course sunrises with clear skies are beautiful. But not in the astonishing, captivating way of sunrises with clouds.…
Fruit of Spirit Gentleness #6
The Fruit of the Spirit is GENTLENESS. We have been pondering the crushing we each experience in our daily workplace interactions. It is hard to be crushed each day at work. Jesus knows what it feels like to…