Happy April to all,It is hard to imagine that we are already one-third of the way through 2024 and yet as the famous 14th century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer declared, “Time and Tide wait for no man”.   The waves of life keep rising and ebbing from the shores and the clock continually moves forward.  (I was going to say it “keeps ticking” but in the age of digital time keeping that metaphor is n...  Read More

Today is sometimes referred to as “Holy Saturday” or “Holy Sabbath” by Christians around the world.  In the Philippines it is referred to as “Black Saturday” as it is considered a day of mourning and remembering of the long day between Friday morning’s crucifixion and Sunday mornings resurrection.    No matter what you may call it, it is certainly a day in between.   I sometimes characterize it as...  Read More

Happy Palm Sunday,The weekly uplook for this week is coming to you a day later than usual because Lori and I are on vacation with family for most of this week.  Today we celebrate Jesus’ Triumphal entry into Jerusalem where he was lauded and praised as the Jewish messiah.   His route down through the Kidron Valley from the Mt. of Olives riding on a donkey and then entering the city through the eas...  Read More

Dear Saints,Warm greetings on this beautiful sunny Saturday.  We have had the privilege of living in several different locations over my years of being a pastor.  They have ranged from places whose average number of sunny days was 277 per year and average annual rainfall was about 12 inches (Woodlake, CA)  to here in Seattle where the average number of sunny days is 152 per year and the average an...  Read More

Dear Saints,Today, (actually tomorrow at 2 am) most people in the United States and 70 other countries will set their clocks ahead one hour until the fall for what is known as Daylight Savings Time (DST).   It began in 1918 as a way to save energy during wartime and get more use from natural daylight.  In the USA, since 1966 every state or territory has had the choice to opt-in or opt-out of DST a...  Read More

Good afternoon dear saints,Lori and I have returned from our time in Portland for their Winter Tabernacle Meetings.  We were privileged to be in four evening services and also attend a minister/pastors meeting and lunch fellowship.   Thank you for your prayers for my small part (a presentation in the Ministers Meeting).  They were appreciated.   I thought I would share today just a few tidbits gle...  Read More