My friend Rob Fairbanks recently posted this Christmas prayer on his blog that I thought would be good to share as Christmas eve approaches tomorrow.
Sometimes we find your love in the warmth of relationship. In the embrace of a friend or in the believing words of a parent or in the intimacy of a life [...]
bryan on December 1st, 2008
This Sunday marked the first Sunday in advent.
Advent is a new concept for me. The church I grew up in did not celebrate Advent in the traditional sense, though I am sure we touched on the topics. I shared that Advent is important because our culture wants to push us straight to celebration, and [...]
bryan on November 22nd, 2008
Sorry all, it has taken me a while to give an update on here. We have covered some ground as a group in the last two weeks.
Two weeks ago, I shared on Jude 5-7. Jude refers to three stories from the Old Testament(plus a bonus allusion to 1 Enoch, an apocryphal book) to say how [...]
bryan on November 5th, 2008
This week we covered Jude 3-4:
Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that the Lord has once for all entrusted to us, his people. For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have [...]
bryan on October 29th, 2008
Last Sunday, we started a series on Jude, and went through verse 1 and 2 of Jude, discussing what it means that as Christ Followers, we are called, loved, and kept, and how we when we understand that it is God who does the work, it shifts our focus from being about proving ourselves to [...]
admin on October 20th, 2008
I was in on a conversation with a handful of missional church planters a couple of weeks ago about how church expressions are developed. Specifically we were discussing the theological influences that lead into the development of a church expression.
The idea was that our church expression is based out of our ecclesiology: that is our [...]
admin on October 14th, 2008
It is interesting to hear what some of the first generations of Christians had to say about issues, and how that might be applicable to our situation today. I am going to share two specific things, one from the Didache an ancient Christian book on operation of the Church, and the other by Saint Augustine.
“They love [...]
The Anchor Church is a gathering of Christians that meets in Southeast Portland and specifically in the Foster-Powell, and surrounding neighborhoods. We believe that the essence of the Christian life is love: Christ followers loving God and others in response the the love they receive from God.
At the Anchor, we affirm spiritual seeking. Even if you aren’t a Christ follower, you are welcome to join us during our times of worship. Many people involved would love to share conversations with you and share the story of their spiritual journey as well.
Because the Anchor is a Christian gathering, we try to find our place as being connected to the rich tradition of Christians throughout the centuries. We feel it is important that we see our place being connected to things that Christ followers have been doing throughout the history of the church. What we are doing are things that have resonated with people for thousands of years. We believe that when we gather for worship, in a mysterious way the entire historic church gathers with us as we worship God and celebrate the story of how God has interacted with us throughout time.
At the Anchor, we believe prayer is very important. Email us if you have prayer requests you would like us to pray about. prayer@anchorpdx.org
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