August 5th, 2010 | by Rick McKinley | published in Featured Posts, Rick McKinley
In my previous post, I wrote about the growth that we experience as we stand between the place where God is calling you and the obstacles that keep you from getting there. There are five questions that are important to ask in those in-between places. 1. What do I know? We feel like our situation [...]
July 22nd, 2010 | by Rick McKinley | published in Rick McKinley
You know the spots we get into where we are sure that God is calling us somewhere and huge obstacles stand in our way? The places where what stands between you and God’s dream for you seems insurmountable?
June 25th, 2010 | by Rick McKinley | published in Rick McKinley
It’s been long, busy days around Imago Dei these past few weeks. We’ve moved into a new building. God miraculously provided us a building exchange with another congregation, and He is providing everything along the way.
June 16th, 2010 | by Rick McKinley | published in In the Heart of the City, Rick McKinley
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 and leading into justice or is it preaching the Gospel and seeing people come to a [...]
June 9th, 2010 | by Rick McKinley | published in Rick McKinley
We don’t have many clear rights of passage in our culture to help a boy know when he becomes a man. At 12 he can no longer order off the kids menu, at 16 he can drive, at 18 he can vote, at 21 one he can drink and somewhere in his mid thirties, after [...]
“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 ...