May 19th, 2011 | by Ken Weigel | published in Featured Posts, In the Heart of the City, Mission
“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 cleaning up schools, while others just think it’s a nice idea they’ve seen floating around. When the words “Love Portland” gets stamped on an event, does that signify one more sweet volunteer opportunity, a [...]
April 20th, 2011 | by Rick McKinley | published in Featured Posts, Rick McKinley
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 break away from our work and practice the commandment of keeping the Sabbath Holy. There is perhaps nothing more frustrating for me [...]
April 15th, 2011 | by Julian | published in Featured Posts, Pastoral Lenten Devotional
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 determine your entire life’s trajectory, both now and later. The question is buried in a story we know well, an Easter moment [...]
April 7th, 2011 | by Ken Weigel | published in Pastoral Lenten Devotional
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 is clearly the beginning of a story, but for a moment we’ll remain there. Jesus sees the blind man and the one [...]
April 1st, 2011 | by Rick McKinley | published in Featured Posts, Rick McKinley
I wrote this book for a number of reasons but the main was to anchor our motive for mission in the Gospel. It is easy to slide away from the Gospel and make mission into an idol. I know that sounds odd, but I think it is true. In all of our attempts to change [...]
“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 ... 
I'm reading a book called The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel who was a practicing Jew wrote the book ... 
The biggest question in all of Scripture is captured in the book of John, chapter 11, verse 26. It ...