Jen & Jamison Nielsen and baby Scott will be storying with us of their experiences for the past year at the Gathering in Hawaii. Also, since the Gathering typically eats on the first Sunday of the month, Jen has requested
We’ve decided that between the Super Bowl, and the arrival of baby Snowden, that we would make this Sunday a connecting weekend. No quest gathering this weekend. We will gather for a meal next Sunday (2/11/2007) at Jeff’s place. peace,
There is a Northwest gathering of emerging women leaders coming up, January 26-28, 2007 in Troutdale, OR. For more information or to register follow this link. Peace, dwight
Beginning with our next gathering, we will explore questions about life, meaning, spirituality, God, humans, evil, race, patriarchy, classism, or whatever! We’ll begin by voicing some of the questions we can – acknowledging some seem almost too deep for words
Quest exists to connect people. More accurately, we exist to help each other awaken to the reality of our already interconnectedness. We life and move in an ecosystem of relations. Each relationship invites our faithful presence. You might say that
Our “expression gathering” is a vital part of the life of our community… in fact they often feel a bit like family gatherings. On the second Sunday of each month we gather to encounter the mystery and story of God.
On the first (1st) Sunday of each month Quest piles into someone’s home to celebrate communion while sharing a meal. In the Christian tradition we refer this table as the Lord’s. God sets a place at the table for everyone, and
We have no gathering this weekend but next Sunday (1/14/2007) we will join together again. Quest highly values the need for rest. It is not our intention to fill each moment with “church gatherings.” Just as a reminder we have
Jesus once taught that wherever and whenever two or three people gather in the Way of Christ, God is among them. Jesus’s words make sense to most people, because most of us have had the experience of deep meeting and
We have always been focused on serving people in their unique faith journeys. We believe that every person is in process of becoming. So we seek to be an aid in that journey; to be a friend to walk with,
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice. – Meister Eckhart Lynette, Pascal and I will be joining together in a Thanksgiving Eve Community Worship service tomorrow night. Wednesday, 7:30 pm at
This coming Sunday is Quest’s “Open Mic.” As you may know, we gather on the third Sunday of each month to offer an expression of the work of our hearts, hands, minds, and voices. We seek to offer these expressions
Samir Selmanovic, Andrew Seely (See Andrew’s blog post about the experience) and I participated in the National Council of churches Faith & Order Commission a couple of weeks ago. The three of us participated in the dialogues as representatives of
Since this month has a fifth Sunday we will engage our collective practice of c celebrating with a neighborhood organization to practice loving God by loving our neighbor. We like to say that one of the most practical ways to
I recently returned from the Lausanne’s 2006 Younger Leaders Gathering which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. To be in one place with followers of Christ from 110 nations, was a privilege. Rarely have I had the opportunity to meet,
Few terms polarize a conversation between Christ-followers like the L-word and the C-word: Liberal & Conservative. Both terms (liberal & conservative) have long and important histories in political and religious life; even if the terms have become one of the
The wait is over. The movie opens today. Here is a link to a very brief article I wrote about the public response to The DaVinci Code for a great film site; The Conversation. The site features reviewers & film
Here are just a few of the growing assessments of, or engagements with the emergent church: International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church (Volume 6, Number 1 / March 2006) “Emerging Church.” Criswell Theological Review (Volume 3, Issue
I was really lucky to be able to spend a few hours imagining educational programs with David Male over coffee this morning. David was the founder and pastor of the NetChurch in Huddersfield, UK until accepting the call to a
The latest issue of the International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church (Volume 6, Number 1 / March 2006) is focused entirely on the “Emerging Church.” Online access to the issue will run you close to $80, so
O the beauty of the dialogue sparked by LaRon Shults’ Emergent/C post (for more comments, links and conversation visit emergent blog and generous orthodoxy think tank). The action/belief dance has been a difficult one for modern Westerners. The tune keeps
The following was written by theologian LeRon Shults, and was sent out in today’s Emergent/C (the newsletter of emergent). “The coordinators of Emergent have often been asked (usually by their critics) to proffer a doctrinal statement that lays out clearly
This morning the thought struck me afresh that Holy Saturday is the Sabbath; Christ’s day in the tomb was the day of rest. The thought took me back to the late Alan Lewis’ wonderful book, Between Cross & Resurrection: A
I just received word that I’ll have the privilege and responsibility being one of the North American representatives at the Younger Leaders Gathering ’06 (mid 30’s and younger) sponsored by the Lausanne Movement. This gathering of 550 emerging leaderes from
How will we be now? How can we better meet the needs of those in our community? Where is our passion and life? Where is God in this community and in myself? Gifts, hearts… How do we become more connected
Common themes: Community – longing for and desire to extend it How questions? …More active than reflective Living Christ in Relationship Grow Outward Desire: reveal our hearts , to know and be known, for more Not looking for this community
What is the God’s Wisdom for us? Where are the passions and life . . . A heartbeat, coming together Reminder and helping each other remember that God loves us People who are questing Tangents Seeing where God is moving
The other day our Quest community invested some imaginational energy exploring possible pathways to even richer communal expression, even more faithful presence with the Divine, one another, our neighbors, creation, and ourselves. The following are just some of the thoughts.
As part of our recent retreat a group of us explored some questions that may help us discover our future. Here are a few of them: How could we experiment in using our gifts and passions to more fully live
