Category Archives: Messages

I’d  like to try a little exercise.  I’m going to read off some derogatory names for some groups of people and ask you to stick up a hand if you’ve heard these terms before and know what group they are … Continue reading →

Moving Fast     As I get a bit older, I am developing a greater appreciation for life’s simple things. Like, for example, the simple beauty of sitting down. Of sitting down, that is, and being quiet. No TV on, no … Continue reading →

News headlines “At least 50 dead and 1,300 listed as missing nearly two weeks after hurricane Dorian hit Bahamas.” “Beto O’Rourke on gun control following record number of mass shootings in the United States: ‘hell yes we’re going to take … Continue reading →

Fatherly pain     My father was born in Detroit. Like many people at the time, his father worked in the then-booming automobile industry. He was one of 7 children my “mamaw,” as us grandkids say, gave birth to. My father’s … Continue reading →

Spokane Friends, thank you for inviting Tim and me to be among you. It has been a gift on so many levels: * It’s been an opportunity to re-connect with so many we haven’t seen for a long time…    … Continue reading →

Thank you for your willingness to try something new.  You probably felt like we all felt when it was introduced the first night at Sierra-Cascades Annual Meeting.  So you have already experienced some of what happened there, except for one … Continue reading →

Psalm 42  1 As the deer longs for the water-brooks, so longs my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God? … Continue reading →