Imago Dei Stories
The Booth
Hosting a booth at an event is an interesting experience. You set up before everyone gets there, and tear down after they leave. You ship large banners, make handouts, bring some c...
Psalms of Ascent
Today marks the beginning of the Lenten Season with Ash Wednesday. Imago Dei Community will be hosting two Ash Wednesday services: Noon and 7:00pm. As a part of the Lenten jour...
Marriage Forum Goes Off Without a Hitch
For most of us marriage will be the most significant human relationship we will ever experience. Yet, even at its best the relationship of marriage can prove to be significantly ch...
In the Heart of the City
Love Portland – 2011
“Love Portland.” It’s that catchy little phrase you hear around Imago…mysteriously showing up on t-shirts, bumper-stickers, and events. Some people think it means...
Clarifying the Kingdom
There seems to be a lot of confusion about the Kingdom of God out there today. Is it here now, is it not here, do we make it show up? Is it the social aspects of loving the poor an...
Working in the Kingdom
It is a life-altering experience to throw yourself into something when God calls your name. For me, that involved pursuing a career in social work...
Pastoral Lenten Devotional
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Your brother will rise again
The biggest question in all of Scripture is captured in the book of John, chapter 11, verse 26. It is just four words, 16 letters, and yet how you answer this question will determi...
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A Man Blind from Birth
John Chapter 9:1 “As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.” (NLT) It’s peculiar to simply read the first verse of a section of scripture that i...
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The Woman at the Well || John 4:5-26
Read or remember the story of the woman at the well (John 4:5-26) She was a woman who’d had five husbands, with a lover at home. It was noon, not the typical time that women drew...
Rick McKinley
Sabbath
I’m reading a book called The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel who was a practicing Jew wrote the book in 1951. He has a unique take on what it means to weekly brea...
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Community
Zombie Kids and The Kingdom of God
I sometimes find myself thinking about the types of people Jesus approached, or at least in the stories I recognize from the Gospel. I think about how the marginalized probably had...
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Theology
Being and Doing
Being and Doing – by Pastor Josh Butler Heard two great talks at Catalyst West today: one by our very own Rick McKinley and the other by Bob Goff. It was interesting how the ...
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Mission
Love Portland – 2011
“Love Portland.” It’s that catchy little phrase you hear around Imago…mysteriously showing up on t-shirts, bumper-stickers, and events. Some people think it means...
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Arts
Featured Artist – Kari Dunham and Virginia Hood
Kari Dunham’s work focuses on the human figure and the emotions and experiences that each person carries. Of late, she has also become interested in the interior spaces whe...