Dear Saints,It is the last week of the Advent season with us soon celebrating the First Advent of our Lord Jesus.  As Christians we never tire of rehearsing the wonder of this season and yet the wonder much larger than just a baby being born in a manger.  Interestingly, it is even larger than the magnanimous story of how the great God of the universe chose to enter into the world as a human being....  Read More

During this Advent/Christmas season I’ve been thinking about Joseph.  While most of the hoopla of the Incarnation (Christ coming as a human) surrounds Mary and her miraculous pregnancy…the Gospel author Matthew gives us some insight into what was happening at Joseph’s house as he was preparing a place for his espoused wife.  It was shared with him somehow…presumably somewhat privately that Mary wa...  Read More

Dear Saints,It has been a couple of weeks since I last shared as we were traveling.  Lori and I had the opportunity to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with our son Joshua and his family along with others in Medford, Oregon.  Medford is our hometown where Lori and I both grew up. We graduated from High School and University there as well and married and established our first home. It is there where ...  Read More

Happy Sunny Seattle Saturday,A hearty thanks to each of you that worked and prayed to make our Special Meetings a great blessing to many last weekend.  It was a joy to gather together with saints from several of our sister churches for inspiring church services and wonderful fellowship over delicious meals and snacks.  God bless you all.    This was also the first weekend we have streamed our Sund...  Read More

Happy November! Thank each of you who prayed for Lori and me last weekend when I was the speaker for special meetings in Los Angeles.  It was sweet to be able to fellowship with the saints from there and several other churches where we have had the privilege of being pastor over the years.  We are happily home again and preparing for our own Seattle Special meetings next weekend.  Please pray for ...  Read More

Beloved Seattle Saints,Rain has arrived and the air quality has improved significantly here in Seattle. You know rain is something that we in the Pacific Northwest often take for granted.  Our forests are generally green because of it and we have clean energy supplied by hydroelectric turbines on many of our rivers which run because of it.  Most of us don’t even consider whether or not our drinkin...  Read More