Good Afternoon Dear Ones,Today I want to first remind you to turn your clocks ahead one hour this evening for Daylight saving time.  This will preclude you arriving quite late for Sunday School or church in the morning.  I am aware that for some of you this will possibly rob you of an hours sleep tonight but we trust the Lord will give you the necessary strength to go on.   Of course, I say this a...  Read More

Dear Seattle Saints,We have spent most of the past five days in Portland, OR at the Apostolic Faith Church Headquarters for what is known as “Tabernacle Meetings”.   This annual series of church services and ministerial training sessions have been referred to over the years by several names including “Midwinter Meetings” and just “Portland Special Meetings”.  The shift several years ago to “Tabern...  Read More

Warm greetings on a cold Seattle day,The temperature has been below freezing the last several morning as we have arisen in Seattle and stayed fairly low all day.  I know that the sense of “coldness” is a relative one because of our international travel to Southeast Asia.  I often chuckle when we visit the Philippines in the “winter” which is the same season as ours since they are north of the equa...  Read More

Dear Seattle Saints,Sometimes it seems there is little from the culture surrounding us in which we can have confidence these days.  While it isn’t universal, I find myself disappointed in institutions and organizations in which it seems we should have confidence but cannot.  For a myriad of reasons they no longer produce products with the quality they once did or do not provide service as they onc...  Read More

Good afternoon dear saints,I don’t use the word “saints” lightly or loosely when speaking of each of you who are beloved by God (and by us as well).  The Apostle Paul reminded believers in Rome they were “called to be saints” (Romans 1:7) and reminds them as well of the Lords “intercession for the saints according to the will of God.” (Romans 8:27)The Greek word from which our English word “saints...  Read More

Happy February,It is the shortest month of the year and also one of my favorite.   It is one of my favorite because during February is Valentine’s Day, my wife’s birthday, as well as the birthdays of my only sister, and my now deceased father and grandmother.  In my growing up years, after the month of December, February was the month of celebrations/parties.  Sometimes people unfamiliar with Chri...  Read More