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Category Archives: Pastor Steven Koski’s Blog

Life is Just Damn Hard Sometimes

If life feels hard and you are struggling today it doesn’t mean you are doing [...]

Good News From Home

Friends, after one harrowing month in the ICU followed by one grueling month in a [...]

Thoughts Matter

The Bible says, “Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, [...]

Heart Wounds

The Bible says, Above all else, guard your heart for everything you do flows from [...]

Don’t confuse activity with intention.

Don’t confuse activity with intention. Don’t confuse busyness with purpose. Don’t confuse productivity with worth. [...]

Be the Church

“If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only make [...]

Let’s save the world today by loving the world today.

A student asked, “Teacher, I am extremely discouraged. What should I do?” The teacher responded, [...]

Gratitude is a practice that cracks our self-protecting hearts wide open

I was watching a hockey game and the puck went flying at the glass. The [...]

Loaves and Fishes

There is so much sadness, pain and bewilderment in the world at this moment. I [...]

I wonder what would change if we stopped thinking of our hearts as broken?

I’ve caught myself saying “Life is heartbreaking” and “My heart is broken.” I wonder what [...]

Nurse Wisdom from The ICU at OHSU (5.8.19)

 “The ICU can seem like a violent place where the body and spirit are under [...]

Nurse Wisdom from the ICU at OHSU (5.5.19)

“Ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask a lot of questions. We may not always [...]