If you have enjoyed Pastor Steve’s blogs or the articles in this website, you might enjoy the stories and insights on Scripture in the book Anawim: A Biblical Theology Told In Stories. This book is free– which means without any cost, for those who have been following advertisements for too...

  Second quote by Steve Kimes.

Elizabeth Elliot’s husband, Jim, died in the jungles of the Amazon basin, at the hands of an indigenous people. Elizabeth returned to that people, forgave the killers of her husband, and served them for many years.

It’s time for a party! Oh yeah! Play the soundtrack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_6CopW9GQ What kind of party? A website party!   We are officially opening up our glorious website to everyone! It’s colorful! It’s fun! It’s got cool stories and art! And… it’s INFORMATIVE! You may think that informative doesn’t equal fun....

On July 31, this report was broadcast in Portland about clearing the homeless out of parking lots: http://www.katu.com/news/local/Security-company-clears-out-Pearl-District-homeless-camps-164519266.html   In this report, the moving on of homeless people is called “cleaning up” the parking lot. Not vacating, not requesting– “cleaning”.   Last night, we receive this report of three homeless...