Happy Saturday to the beloved of the Lord, I love this time of the year with the hints of fall like leaves beginning to change color and cool crisp evenings.   I also love the fact that there is a merging of various fall sports including football, volleyball, and the end of baseball season.  (Go Mariners...this is Seattle after all).  But most of all I love that none of these things even move the ...  Read More

It's a Sunny Seattle Saturday...And we are thankful for such blessings after a week with what seemed to be an extra dose of bad news in our world.  2 Timothy 3:13 reminds us that "...Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived."  and of that we are quite aware but it is interesting to me that the verses on each side of this one point out a couple of other issues ...  Read More

Dear Saints,I've been contemplating the topic of God's kingdom.  I heard someone once say that a kingdom is wherever the effective rule of the king is extended.  I suppose in one sense we all try to carve out a little kingdom.  Growing up, my father's workshop was his "kingdom"...with specific instructions on who could enter, how tools were to be used and put away properly,  I can remember his unh...  Read More

Dear Seattle Saints, As many of you know, Lori and I were out of town last weekend and as such I did not send a Weekly Uplook. Thanks to Bro. Alex and our guest minister Bro. Ryan who faithfully held things together.  We had a nice restful time but are now home and working again.  Thanks for allowing us a little time away.  This weekend is what many consider the "end of summer" although technicall...  Read More

Beloved Seattle Saints,I have been thinking lately about the creative authority which is found in Christ.  The book of Hebrews states it like this:    "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." Hebrews 11:3  Interestingly, not only was everything created BY Him, everything was created FOR Him....  Read More

Happy Sunny Seattle Saturday, We returned safely from Southeast Asia early this week and have been trying to catch up on both work and sleep.  It made me think about "time" and how our lives are so ordered by it and the challenges crossing so many time zones create because our circadian rhythms are confused about day and night.   Just a couple of thoughts to share with you...Could it be that the w...  Read More