Giving Thanks for the Fish in Your Life
Dear Church Family and Friends, Last week I attended a grief counseling training at The Center for Loss and Life Transition in Fort Collins, Colorado. It was an emotionally demanding
Continue readingThe Final Push for Marriage Equality
In February, our church helped lead a 116-mile march to Olympia in support of marriage equality. Our members are now involved in the final push to ensure that marriage equality
Continue readingA Trip to the Pumpkin Patch
Dear Church Family and Friends, Recently, our family of three made its first trip to a pumpkin patch. I went with few expectations. In previous years, one of my sisters
Continue readingThe Christian Message in Seven Words
Dear Church Family, Recently, the highly regarded magazine The Christian Century featured an article by David Heim about a challenge it posed to various writers. The assignment given to them
Continue readingThe Power of a Question: Introducing a New Worship Series
In many ways, our lives are defined by both the questions we ask and the questions we answer. To be sure, life can unload on our plate its fair share
Continue readingOur Church: The Fountain of Youth
Dear Church Family and Friends, This past Sunday Connie Oppel helped me to realize that our church possesses a secret that could very well solve our financial dilemmas and turn
Continue readingA New Spiritual Inspiration
Dear Church Family and Friends, Last week I had a conversation with a Christian who I would characterize as not having an open mind. I could hardly begin to express
Continue readingThis Sunday: Gilligan’s Island
This Sunday during worship the story of Paul’s shipwreck on the island of Malta will be re-enacted using the characters from Gilligan’s Island. In this episode of Gilligan’s Island, the
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