(This Weekend, I am officiating the marriage of Sam McBride (my son) and Lui Ying (Iris). This is the reflection I am sharing. The...

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the biblical concept of Jubilee these days. Mainly because we are using this theme for our...

I have a confession for you: I am blind as a bat! Let me explain. For most of you, the picture I have posted with this blog post has a...

In some senses I have no right even writing about this topic, especially as I am writing it on my “technical” day off! (Yes, I have...

Scripture: And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, with songs[c] and lyres and harps and tambourines and...

Yesterday I made it home from a 4-day stint as Camp Pastor for an elementary camp at Camp Indianola and my first question to Cyndy was,...

Can you give me permission to rant a bit? Today’s news brings an interesting article about a 5-year-old who was allegedly removed from...

Working our VBS and hanging out with your wonderful children and grandchildren all week, was so amazing, that it triggered a memory....

I was out visiting Harry and Anna Culbreth yesterday. A wonderful couple whose center just emotes the love of Christ. And as I left their...

A year and 1/2 ago, Cyndy and I decided to bite the bullet and get another dog. It wasn't an easy decision. Our dog of 14 years, Sugar,...

I’ve been thinking lately about how wonderful it is to have someone just get you. Someone who understands what makes you tick and isn’t...

In the Christian world, one of the big debates as of the last one hundred years is concerning which way we are falling. Conservatives...

I’m a little slow to respond on this one, I know. But sometimes I just need some time to grieve and process just everything that has...

Last week Cyndy and I went home to South Dakota. It’s been 6 years now since we moved out to the Seattle area to be close to our...

In a novel I’m reading, “Peace Like a River” by Leif Enger, one of the characters, the dad, says that no matter what stage in life we are...

Have any of you ever read John Green? His podcast The Anthropocene Reviewed is one of my favorites. But he’s also a wonderful author....

In the past 2 weeks I’ve been asking myself why it has taken me so long to wake up. To wake up to the racial inequality in my country. To...

Starting in June, Bear Creek is going to take the summer exploring the wonders of church camp! Every Sunday this summer (June, July,...

I don’t know what got into me this week. Maybe it was a sling-shot reaction to having Covid-19, or a guilt reaction to missing worship...

If someone ever asked me what is the one thing they need to do to help them get through these anxious times right now, I think I would...