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I have an image in my head of gentleness that was given to me a long ago time ago by a man in ministry. He said, “Picture a person in a wheelchair who needs to be lifted onto the seat of a car. The person doing the lifting has to be very strong in order […]

I’m putting all three of these attributes (fruits) into one big basket since last week was incredibly busy hosting the ARC Gathering at PLC. We had a ton of opportunities to show “kindness” and “goodness” to our guests, and they reciprocated with their sincere compliments and expressions of appreciation. Over and over again I heard […]

“Patience is a virtue” is a saying that Pastor Sean reminded us about this week in his sermon on patience, and I got to thinking that I don’t hear the word ‘virtue’ used much anymore. So I went digging a bit to see what I could find. It turns out that even the NIV translation […]

This past Sunday Pastor Rob told us about his experience as a playground “Conflict Manager” in fifth grade. Can’t you just picture him in his orange vest carrying around his clipboard? His story triggered my own memory of a talk I heard last year in London by management consultant Patrick Lencioni. Patrick’s book, Overcoming The […]

“Joy is the flag flown high from the castle of my heart…” Pastor Rob’s spontaneous leading of the congregation in songs about joy this past weekend reminded me that just a couple of weeks ago I sang this little tune to my youngest grandson, Dominic, as he was drifting off to sleep at nap time. […]

If you opened your PLC bulletin this past Sunday, you hopefully read about the ARC Gathering that PLC is hosting in July. The conference is titled “Scandalous Love,” and the main speaker is author/pastor Greg Boyd. ARC (Alliance of Renewal Churches) has built their reputation on being a relational network of Christian leaders, so exploring […]