Taproot Theatre in Seattle is presently running a play about one of my faith heroes, Sophie Scholl.  Along with her brother Hans, these...

If you care about poverty, homelessness, mental illness, drug addiction, or the morale of law enforcement, I hope you find some time to...

I don’t blame them, but I’m angry – because people who are rejecting the faith aren’t rejecting the real Jesus.  They’re rejecting an...

I LOVE this world, in the kind of way that I believe the Bible tells us to love the world.  I love the intricate biosystems of the human...

Somewhere in between the micro of the atom and macro of the universe, reside the flora and fauna we encounter on a regular basis in our...

If you’re snowed in somewhere, I offer these thoughts along with a video of sermon about unity, available in the link at the bottom. ...

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you...

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming...

Dear Green Lake Before my five year departure from Washington, I walked the frozen shores with the woman who is now my wife and after...

left to right: Martin, Director of Tauernhof, Richard, Charlie, board member of Tauernhof. “Stay a little longer” my friend Martin...

The sad reality, though, is that the testimonies offered that day also served as a grave reminder that courage, servanthood, generosity,...

My temptation in such times is what sociologists call ‘cocooning’, a tendency to withdraw into the predictability of our homes, close the...

The show has an adopted child in the family – I’m an adopted child in my family. The sister among the siblings struggles with weight  –...

My predecessor just keep using his gifts day after day for 38 years. The difficult truth that few seem interested in hearing these days...

1. Coffee.  Always first:  Coffee 2. Bible reading while drinking the first cup. 3. Meditation (from the Bible reading) 4. Writing in the...

We’re both youngest, and I’ve read relationships between two youngest are very challenging.  From the world wide web: Worst match for a...

The church hasn’t been immune to this polarizing.  We’ve mirrored the culture’s political tribal hatred, enough so that it’s increasingly...

What’s going on?  Why does Joe Rogan have 30 million podcasts downloads each month?  And, more cogent to this blog and my own musings:...

My granddaughter moved in a few weeks ago.  O yeah – my daughter and son-in-law moved in too, but I’m writing about my granddaughter...

In the wake of the recent head tax hysteria in Seattle, I’ve been thinking a lot about Mother Teresa’s famous quote about poverty....