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Prayer for the Workplace
By PortalBot • March 19, 2024

Heavenly Father,

Thank You for the job You have given me. For the opportunity to represent You to all those I work with today. May I be sensitive to Your leading, satisfied in Your provis...

A Prayer of Thanksgiving
By PortalBot • October 06, 2022

How many times in your life has someone said to you, "Just take a breath!". As you prepare for and participate in Thanksgiving activities, may you be aware of God's presence.

Here is a pr...

Breathe! It's Thanksgiving
By PortalBot • October 06, 2021

Breathing connects us and reminds us to be forever grateful for the gift of life in relationship with the Creator and with each other.

Memory and Hope
By PortalBot • December 21, 2020

Memory and Hope are twin companions - at Christmas, as well as throughout our year - mingling the past with the future as we walk in the present.

Christmas in a Time of Numbers
By PortalBot • December 20, 2020

At this particular time in history, we are inundated with numbers. 

Over the past nine months, I have become exhausted by daily reports about the pandemic—new cases, deaths, hospitaliz...

Insight & Oversight: A Story of Blindness
By PortalBot • September 03, 2020

Every person and thing we encounter has a story, but often our own story and our own filters, like beliefs and prejudices, hinder our ability to truly see others or even ourselves. A exploration of...

Should Pastors be Required to Marry All?
By PortalBot • July 30, 2020

Should pastors be required to marry any couple that asks, including same-sex couples? Where is the line between religious rights & legal requirements? A look at civil and religious marriag...

Better Together: The Story of Lazarus
By PortalBot • May 20, 2020

Exploring the story of an East Side Kid & the story of Lazarus. Did Jesus believe in "Better Together"? 

Fear of my Lord
By PortalBot • May 13, 2020

My comforter yes. Yet I feel, I confess, a faint trace of disquietude in His presence.

Not because I doubt His love for me…but, rather, because I am certain of it.

And His love is a...

This is our Moment
By PortalBot • April 21, 2020

I believe that the church is the essential service in a broken world, and this is our moment. Will we take hold of this God-ordained moment, unlike any in our lifetime, to experience God working in...

On Thresholds of Light and Darkness
By PortalBot • March 23, 2020

We think— sometimes naively—that it would be a better world without darkness. On one hand, God does not have anything to do with darkness, but, of course, light is the contrast to the dark. 

A Port Chaplain's Reflections
By PortalBot • February 04, 2020

Every day, port chaplains are reaching out to seafarers that arrive on ships to the Port of Vancouver, sharing the love of God and the Good News with them.