I’ll admit it: I was nervous last summer as we approached our Year of Prayer. I always have September Jitters, but the idea of spending a whole year preaching and teaching on prayer when, in fact, my own prayer life could be described as spotty… that made me really jittery. Then I shared an experience with the rest […]
Insult to Injury
Last weekend we celebrated World Communion in what many of you have shared was a moving and innovative way: we prayed through the Lord’s Prayer, focusing each petition on one of our Mission Partners. You will recall Joseph Bataille who shared via video, our representative with partner World Relief in Haiti. As I shared, Haiti—the poorest country […]
Seahawks and Prayer
The Hawks are playing this Sunday at 10:00, which means that our Saturday night worship service at 6:30 will be very full and very fun. And whether it is Saturday night or Sunday morning, we will see a lot of jerseys with the number “3” on them. Whether or not you are a football fan, it […]
The Sin of Prayerlessness
I’ll admit it. I was a little disappointed. As most of you know, we have launched a year of Prayer. We are going to spend a year learning more about prayer and, more importantly, praying! Actually praying. My hope, and prayer, is that by the end of this year, hundreds more of us will have grown in […]
Life is Like a Stereogram
Have you ever seen a stereogram? You probably have, maybe in a poster rack at Target or elsewhere. You’d recognize it by the seemingly random jumble of colors and shapes. The trick of a stereogram is that you have to get your face up close to it, focus your eyes like you are looking at […]
Fearless Q – Write Back ‘Atcha on Science & the Bible
The Fearless Q series has come to an end with the question, “How do we reconcile science and the Bible?” Ellis White tackles a bunch of the follow up questions at length in his video response below. […]
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Learning How to Breathe
When I climbed Mt. Rainier 21 years ago, one of the most surprising aspects of the adventure was how my body dealt with the lack of oxygen. Although we were trained to take deep breaths with each step and then expel those breaths forcefully, every time we stopped for a rest and I sat down […]
Feeling the Buzz
It really is amazing to see the cultural phenomenon that Seahawks fandom is in the NorthWest. You can tell if there is a game happening based on the level of traffic on Route 16. In my neighborhood, someone has dedicated their front lawn as a shrine to the Seahawks, complete with spotlights, flags, and the […]
Fearless Q – Write Back ‘Atcha on the Trinity
The penultimate sermon for our Fearless Q series was delivered this weekend, addressing the broad question, “Who is God?” Pastor Larry takes a few minutes to respond to follow up questions after the sermon in the video below. […]
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Baptisms
The profound privilege of worshiping in public strikes me every time I walk or drive by the Eddon Boat Park in the Harbor. We get to proclaim the name of Jesus here! Out loud! From a sound system! Then we get to see the Good News of Jesus in baptisms. We see people washed with […]