Dear Seattle Saints,Greetings from the Philippines.  Lori and I arrived here safely on December 27 and the next day immediately entered into their Year End Consecration Camp.  It was three days of Bible Studies, Sermons, food, and fellowship with about 350 of our Filipino saints from many of our churches here.  It has been a blessing to be here and see how the Lord has held things steady even afte...  Read More

Happy Christmas Eve!  It has been quite a week for many of us with snow, ice, cancelled appointments and travel, and final preparations for Christmas in the midst of it all.  In some ways it could all seem quite exhausting and overwhelming.  And yet in the midst of it all we once again have the great privilege of celebrating the birth of the baby Jesus in Bethlehem’s manger.  Remember, the first C...  Read More

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