“I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance…You have persevered and have endured hardships for My name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.” Revelation 2 Read the rest of this entry »
“A sign of spiritual maturity is when God’s primary concerns become our primary concerns…” Dan Kimball
This past month, we welcomed over 1,100 students and youth leaders from around the Pacific Northwest onto Multnomah’s campus for our Spring Thaw high school theology retreat. Dan Kimball, seminary alumnus (Grad Cert ’89), was our keynote speaker for the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
“…You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail…You will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.” Isaiah 58:11-12 Read the rest of this entry »
“It is not the abilities we have that determine who we are; it’s the choices we make”
During our recent Degree Completion dinner celebration, Dr. Lockwood challenged our Theta cohort graduates: “As you leave Multnomah make sure Read the rest of this entry »
(BS ’99, MA TESOL ’10)
Does God really have a plan for our lives? Can we trust Him? Really? As I prepare for the mission field I have, with confidence, proclaimed that I trust Him completely. What I realized the other day, though, was that trust is strong as long as God works according to my plans. It is so easy to trust when things are going well, but what happens when we are tested? What happens when our plans differ from the Lord’s? Read the rest of this entry »
“For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.” II Peter 1: 5-7
A few weeks ago, over a cup of coffee, a girlfriend of mine posed the question, “So now that you’ve completed your MA degree at Multnomah, what’s next in your goals for the year ahead?” Not having yet had the opportunity to really reflect upon the question, I was caught a little off guard. “I want to keep on doing what I’ve been doing — moving forward in the direction that I’m headed in," I thought. Read the rest of this entry »
The Multnomah University Chapel program exists to provide occasions for worship, assembly, spiritual formation, and education in community. Audio recordings of campus chapel services are available on Multnomah's website for your enjoyment and enrichment.
Ken Weigel from Imago Dei Community speaks to Multnomah University college students about the Advent Conspiracy effort. He discusses how the Advent Conspiracy was created to combat consumerism during the Christmas season. Read the rest of this entry »
"The virgin will be with child and ll give birth to a Son, and they will call him Immanuel — which means, 'God with us.'" Matthew 1:23
Fran Rubio, one of our current students at the College and pastoral interns at Pearl Church where I attend, challenged us a few weeks ago with a brief narrative from I Kings in the story of Ahaziah — an ordinary story really, one previously unfamiliar to me, and yet through the recent re-telling one that has connected with my heart in a meaningful way. Read the rest of this entry »
The Multnomah University Chapel program exists to provide occasions for worship, assembly, spiritual formation and education in community. Audio recordings of campus chapel services are available on Multnomah's website for your enjoyment and enrichment.
I’m Dan Lockwood, Multnomah’s president, and I want to extend to you a “Merry Christmas” greeting as we begin the month of December. I trust you had a good Thanksgiving with family and friends. We all have so much to be thankful for, don’t we? And as we enter this Christmas season, I trust that your celebration of the birth of our Savior will be rich and deep. Read the rest of this entry »
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