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Our Spiritual Responsibility To Ourselves

Posted by SteveKimes
/ November 10, 2014 / 1 Comment

“Yes, we have a responsibility to ask the questions of why people are poor, to lobby for better treatment of the poor, to support agencies that who have expertise with the poor, but we also should also be inspired to give directly to the poor. Not because it is the...

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Angels in the Carburetor

Posted by SteveKimes
/ November 5, 2014 / 1 Comment

In the early days of our church, my family stayed in a friend’s living room in Hillsboro most of the week and in an office located in a house in Gresham two days of the week. We were just ready to drive to Hillsboro, when we came to our vehicle...

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Five Timeless Heresies of the Church

Posted by SteveKimes
/ October 31, 2014 / Leave a comment

For Reformation Day, the celebration of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses against the church abomination called indulgences, I offer a reminder of how the church often opposes the way of Jesus: The church has the right to oppress heresies or immoralities Heresies and immoralities come and go. There will...

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Anawim’s Radical Principles

Posted by SteveKimes
/ October 14, 2014 / Leave a comment

As a community, we have a number of principles by which we live, which makes us a unique church, unlike most any others. Here are some of the principles: We not only speak of our love of God and neighbor, we show it. It is not enough to talk a...

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Running Through Kindness

Posted by SteveKimes
/ October 9, 2014 / Leave a comment

“I’m too busy to be compassionate” Compassion requires less time than consideration The thought to pick up socks for the needy when buying clothes The thought to keep breakfast bars in one’s car The thought to give away clothes instead of throwing The thought to speak a kind word instead...

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That’s When the Love Came Down

Posted by jeff strong
/ October 6, 2014 / Leave a comment

So I am in Albertsons to get some cat food and of course they are sold out. As I am leaving this guy who is physically about 60 but mentally about 9, comes up to me and introduces himself and shakes my hand and tells me he is shopping with...

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Tagged loving enemies, strong stories
Gentle

Posted by SteveKimes
/ September 30, 2014 / 3 Comments

“Gentle” gives me inner peace. It reminds me of a mother Seeing her child for the first time And maybe the sway of a pencil when you draw. “Gentle” to me is a word A word that can empower or take. It’s like characters or songs Though they sound hard, they’re...

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Gift Economy | In the form of clothing

Posted by Mary Anne Funk
/ September 19, 2014 / Leave a comment

Photos and story by Mary Anne Funk Anawim Christian Community receives clothing donations on a regular basis from community members throughout Oregon. The donations that come in help clothe the homeless community and those living in poverty. Normally, the clothing donations make their way from the Red Barn at the...

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Tagged Anawim Christian Community, community, event, gift economy example, Mary Anne Funk, photojournalism, poverty
Discovering God’s Will

Posted by SteveKimes
/ September 13, 2014 / Leave a comment

Guest blogger Rebecca Floyd and her husband Nick lead Mercy Table, an outreach in St. John’s in association with Anawim. Most weekends we leave Mercy Table excited about what God is doing: He chooses to use us to create a church that welcomes drug addicts, thieves, ex cons, you name...

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Simplicity: Lessons From the Homeless

Posted by SteveKimes
/ September 2, 2014 / Leave a comment

The other day I was talking to my friend Dave. He’s known as Montana Dave because, I guess, he came from Montana originally, but there are a few of the guys who I know were raised in Montana, but they don’t get the nickname “Montana.” On the other hand, there’s...

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