Happy Sunny Seattle Saturday!Days like today are often what we hope for as spring approaches.  Of course, there are always different perspectives and personal tastes in weather (as well as a number of other things for that matter).  I am reminded of our first pastoral assignment in the Central Valley of California.  We had never before lived in a place with so much sunshine and so little rain (aro...  Read More

Dearly Beloved Seattle Saints,I know the greeting “dearly beloved” sounds a bit antiquated but it reminds me of Rev. Harold Barrett, our founding missionary to South Korea who is now with the Lord.  He was instrumental at many pivotal points in my Christian experience.   After attending our church for about 4 months, he and his wife Sis. Sally visited, projecting photos and describing how God was ...  Read More

It’s a sunny Saturday in Seattle,This is something those of us who live here do not take for granted.  Having pastored our church in Los Angeles for several years, I decided that those who live there have a sense of “ownership” for sunshine and certainly struggle in a variety of ways when it rains.  Traffic snarls, rivers overflow their banks, school lunches must be eaten inside, etc.   In Seattle...  Read More

Happy Saturday, Lori and I have just returned from Los Angeles where I officiated at a wedding last night. Weddings are such joyous time but also filled with a bit of stress and then there is a marriage which follows. I am also reminded that 47 years ago tomorrow I asked Lori to marry me and was thrilled when she responded affirmatively. I was also glad that her parents, my parents, and our pastor...  Read More

Happy Saturday,Lori and I took our youngest granddaughter for a walk yesterday afternoon in her stroller.  Along the way we pointed out the various beautiful flowers which were blooming along our route. Yellow and while Daffodils, pink and yellow Tulips, purple and white Hyacinths, white Snowdrops, and even yellow Dandelions.  Added to these were the various trees which were also in bloom includin...  Read More

Dear Seattle Saints,Today is the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter which is known in some Christian traditions as Holy Saturday or Black Saturday.   Have you contemplated what that day must have been like for the disciples.   They had just celebrated a transformed Passover with Jesus and then endured the traumatic events which followed.  And worst of all…now he was dead and laid in a borrowe...  Read More