Author: Blackshear
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An Address for This Moment
There is a running joke about whether or not Jesus cooked the fish before serving the many, and that I am not sure of, but what I do know is that if Jesus were to attend a BBQ he would want his hotdog burnt. Growing up I thought burning the…
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What Am I Learning? Health and Wellbeing During Public Healthcare Collapse
By Bethany Johnson, Ph.D. This year marks the largest retraction in scientific research, public health programming and funding for community-based food and medicine programs in our nation’s history. Healthcare has never been equitable or easily accessible; yet even this broken system is now under attack. What is new is the…
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The Law of Love: A Catch 22
A Sermon prepared for Grant Park Church in Portland, OR Pastor John D. Blackshire Galatians 5:13-25 NIV 13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a]; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one…