This Sunday we celebrate Mother’s Day...and while I know many folks in our world have had traumatic parental experiences, when it comes...

Has anybody spotted the missing zebra? If you live in the Seattle area you’ve heard all about this, but for those of you who live in...

I had the privilege of having coffee with everyone's favorite pastor at Bear Creek UMC this morning...Rev. David Orendorff! And by...

I’m trying my hand and getting more creative these days.  Julia Cameron’s Book “It’s Never Too Late to Start Again”, has really been a...

Have we lost our cosmic imagination? Ok...Ok...Ok! Go ahead and say it: I’m a fuddy duddy! I’m a boring “this world is flat” guy! I’m one...

This Sunday is my favorite Sunday of the year...Palm Sunday! I know, as Easter People, all of us should probably say Easter...and listen,...

Sometimes it’s not what happens in church that matters, but what happens after church.  Especially when it’s Daylight Savings Time...

On March 4th, my dad would have celebrated his 96th birthday. Every year about that time I have a couple memories that flash up. Here's...

This week for our Lenten devotionals, I took some time looking for some of my favorite quotes from our Lent/Easter book "Prayer in the...

The Seattle Times just came out with a hilarious article called "A giant litter box: Our favorite 1-star reviews for national parks". ...

Do you have a weakness?  One of those weaknesses that you have tried and tried and tried to overcome?  One of those weaknesses that you...

I've been reading scripture lately and as I read about Jesus' ministry, I've noticed something: Jesus had a way of transforming...

I’ve been thinking about prayer lately.  And how much time we spend asking God to remove obstacles from our life.  I was reminded of this...

Cyndy and I watched the movie version of the hit musical “The Waitress” last night.  The main reason I wanted to watch this show was that...

This week at Bear Creek we are featuring some of the music from the 2016 hit musical “Dear Evan Hansen”.  These last couple of weeks our...

I know it’s cold here today…I mean 12 degrees is officially cold! And I want you to know I’m thinking about you all this wintry morning,...

This January we are starting a new theme in Worship at Bear Creek. We're calling it“Enticed by the Light.”  And for this season our focus...

The more I’m in ministry, the more I find myself so thankful for people who say, “yes!”  “Yes” to making a dozen of cookies for the...

This morning I've asked Will Rand, our Director of Music and Worship, to share about Bear Creek's first Community Messiah Sing! If you...

How many of you have ever been on a road trip? I know I have!  It seems all of us have, packed in our memory bank, an infamous road trip...