Yesterday morning, we focused on the story of Abraham and Isaac from Genesis 18.  By no means an easy story to deal with and there was far more that could have been said and questions wrestled with than we were able to have time to do yesterday morning. Several people asked me for some more [...]

Yesterday morning, after the 9:00 service, we heard the first rumors that a Wyoming High School student was killed in a car accident.  We weren’t sure who knew, whether it was just a rumor, or any further details.  Sadly, however, a little while later, it was confirmed that Richard Beck was killed in a car [...]

I posted the other day about my friend Kent and his work with the organization, Haiti Partners.  Kent has written a book on his years that he and his wife spent in Haiti entitled Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle: Living Fully, Loving Dangerously.  I have begun reading this book and highly encourage [...]

For your children in Haiti…hear our prayer If you are looking for ways that you can help with the relief efforts only just beginning in Haiti, here are some immediate ways you can help HaitiPartners – Haiti Partners is an organization founded by a dear friend of mine from seminary who has spent a great [...]

Several people have asked me about the Blue Christmas service we held Sunday afternoon.  Many had not heard of such a concept before and were curious about what we were doing in the service.  The crux of the service is a focus on those who struggle during this season.  In a season of the year [...]

Last Wednesday night, I was at the Massanetta Middle School Conference with about 300 middle school students.  We arrived Tuesday afternoon, had been in our encounter groups, had worshipped together several times, had tons of fun, had met many new friends, and had already seen several clear examples of God at work in our midst. [...]

This is a pic of the view from my hotel window here in Seattle courtesy of my camera phone.  I opened the curtains this morning hoping to get some sun (of course, this is Seattle…) and maybe a bit of a view.  When I looked outside last night after arrival, I saw nothing but darkness.  [...]

Well, I am about 2 hrs past finishing The Shack, so thoughts are not entirely coherent as they would be (hopefully) after a few more days to ponder.  But here we go.  I honestly went into the book expecting to not like it.  As one who has a hard time with a lot of what [...]

Several weeks ago, I posted about my friend Jeff’s 3 year old son Ben and his battle with cancer.  I received word today that Ben died early this morning.  There are no words to express the grief that Jeff and his family feel this day.  I simply offer a prayer and a psalm to mark [...]

The book of Job has long been used as a book to try to explain the problem of why bad things happen to good people or why evil exists, etc.  The story begins with the telling of a “bet” between God and Satan about a man named Job.  Job was by all accounts in the [...]