Dear Seattle Saints,It is June and it seems the sun has decided to stay around for a while  Read More

Happy Memorial Day weekend dear saints,Over the years many of you have heard me tell the story of traveling with my grandmother (my father’s mother) to the cemetery where my grandfather is buried on Memorial Day each year.  She would gather flowers from her seemingly huge flower beds and we would ride in her Blue and White four door 1957 Chevrolet with me holding the buckets of flowers in water.  ...  Read More

Good evening Seattle Saints,Lori and I have just returned from a week (Monday-Saturday) in Medford, Oregon visiting our son’s family.  It is always a bit nostalgic when we return there as it is where I was born and raised and where she moved when only two years old.  It was there we met in high school and I was invited to church and was soon saved.  We dated, got engaged, and married there.  I pre...  Read More

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