Christmas Reflections
I have been reading Howard Thurman's, "The Mood of Christmas." It is excellent and I wanted to share two short [...]
Advent Prayers
I recently attended an Advent Quiet Morning prayer retreat. It was great. The extended and repeated periods of silence were [...]
An Invitation to Hope
I have written in this space recently about hope and continue to watch for signs of hope and try to [...]
Jesus Cries Too
This is an excerpt from one of my favorite authors, Frederick Buechner, as reprinted in a recent Compassionate Christianity newsletter. [...]
Advent
I love the season of Advent. This year, Advent begins on Sunday, Nov. 28. I often break out the Christmas [...]
Living Unafraid in A Fear-Full World-Part 2
Photo by Ronak Valobobhai on Unsplash In Part 1, I wrote of the importance of naming our fears/pain, [...]
Living Unafraid in A Fear-Full World-Part 1
Photo by Ronak Valobobhai on Unsplash How do we live hopeful and faithful lives in a world that [...]
Black Lives Matter
In early September our church participated in the local Mukilteo Light House Festival parade. Janet and I decided to walk [...]
A Holden State of Mind
Photo by Coe Hutchison Earlier this month Janet and I spent a wonderful week at Holden Village. If you have [...]
Made Whole
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash 40 A leper walked right up to Jesus, dropped to his knees, and [...]