Happy Saturday Morning,I am a bit nostalgic this morning as I write because it was 51 years ago this week that I knelt next to my bed in my parent’s small home in Southern Oregon and found salvation.  I never tire of telling the gentle and caring way in which the Lord led me to Himself. Born into a loving home with both parents and a younger sister, my life seemed fairly ordinary until a traumatic...  Read More

Happy Saturday, Fall is definitely here now...cool nights, cloudy days, leaves changing colors and American football dominating many conversations.  Beyond that in true American fashion every four years, this fall politics are also dominating the balance of conversations (beyond football) on many fronts.I have been considering the general discontentment which seems to pervade our culture.  In many...  Read More

It’s a sunny Saturday in Seattle!As the Fall season officially begins tomorrow, we do not take for granted the sunshine that we still enjoy.  In the Psalms we are reminded,       "From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same The Lord’s name is to be praised." Psalm 113:3 Of course, the writer is using the daily rhythms of life to declare that the great God of creation who is also the...  Read More

Dear Seattle Saints,Lori and I arrived home after a busy 10 days on the East Coast.  We arrived in New York on Wednesday evening and settled in to the three hour time difference (actually small considering our sometimes international travel).  On Thursday we had the opportunity to tour our Oceanside church building and spend a little time with their pastor.  This church is some distance from our B...  Read More

 Happy Saturday!It is the last day of August which means 2024 is now 2/3 complete and time is moving on quite swiftly it seems. This week I had occasion to have some time with several of our grandchildren and we entered into a discussion about we are governed by time and yet God operates outside the realm of time and is not constrained by it.  God choses to enter our time/space on a regular basis ...  Read More

 Dear Seattle Saints,I have come to realize that sometimes inspiration for my weekly note of encouragement comes from the view from my office desk at home.  As I have contemplated this a bit, I realize it is a bit of a metaphor from which we can possibly learn.   Some of the things which I see and even take for granted are always in their place and seemingly never changing.  These would include th...  Read More