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...

I have a confession to make.  I know we all like to complain about it…but I kind of like the darkness of the PNW in this time of year....

So, I’m going to go on a bit of a rant here!  Let me explain!  I was at a meeting this past week (you’ll be happy to know that it was NOT...

I want to recommend a delightful book to you this week. It’s called “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr. Just this month...

14 more days! 14 more days and Cyndy and I and all of our family will be heading on a trip to Seoul, Korea! We can’t wait! We’ve been...

I’ve been listening to a new podcast that Cyndy recommended called “Heavyweight”. Have you ever listened to it? I highly recommend it....

You probably don’t know this, but I have a secret ritual I practice every Sunday morning before I get to church. I’d like to share it...

Have you ever visited the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.? If you haven’t, I highly recommend it. By the way you can...

My first appointment as a full-time pastor was the Geddes United Methodist Church. I was 29 years old and fresh out of seminary. The...

I’ve been pondering a deep thought this week. I’ve been reading John Caputo’s book “Hope against Hope” and in it he shares that there...

About 10 years ago, my mother was living with us, and because of that our relationship changed a bit. It used to be that we would go up...

It was literally the last day of the last week of the last month of summer. Cyndy and I, along with Cassie and Devon, and our...

For most of my husband’s life, his mom made Christmas cookies for her kids. Even once the kids were all grown up and had kids of their...

When I was a student pastor in East Texas, there was a community tragedy that occurred that changed the way I looked at God. Two little...

I have a friend who is a Native American. A part of the Lakota Tribe.  When I visit with her she often talks about walking in two...

One of my all-time favorite poems is by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. I probably quote this one line at least 3 times a year in my...

Not many people know this outside of the PNW, but in the summer it rarely rains in Seattle!  In fact here’s a snap shot of our 10 day...