Creekside Blog

4 days ago
4 min

Life with a Toddler

I’ve been spending most of my time for two weeks with a seventeen-month old girl I call Gen. From memories of my own children, I have...

Bobby Witty

Sep 14
3 min

The Open Door

The story goes something like this. A young man leaves the East Coast on a Greyhound bus. He arrives in the Seattle bus terminal,...

Miel Formantes

Sep 6
2 min

New Heart

One summer awhile back, I was asked to pray about what book of the Bible God wanted me to read that season. While my friends got...

Holding Onto God When it Seems Impossible

Angelina Wainhouse

Aug 31
3 min

Holding Onto God When it Seems Impossible

A close friend called me last week and said, "I don't want to be a Christian anymore. The God I've experienced is not the God I hear them...

Nibari Ellis

Aug 23
2 min

God Answered

This is a story of how my faith in God changed when I was 10 years old. I’ll admit that before then, I never really believed in God. ...

Beth Soderlund

Aug 17
2 min

Broken Kind of Beauty

A broken kind of beauty A hopeful kind of wait A forgiven kind of sinner A repentant kind of saint You were broken on the cross for me...

Jani James

Aug 10
2 min

Look Up

Kent and I found a hidden treasure on a favorite walk at Farrel McWhirter in Redmond a year ago May. How blind we can be to glorious...

Reid Watson

Aug 2
3 min

God and the Rice Krispies Treat

My twin brother, Keaton, and I played T-ball for a couple years when we were 5 or 6 years old. We played at the old Redmond schoolhouse...

Bobby Witty

Jul 27
3 min

Nameless

During a meeting at church, the pastor was commenting on our various strengths. He looked at me and said, “Bob, you’re the kind of guy...

Jani James

Jul 19
3 min

Secret Trail

Over July 4th weekend, Kent and I camped at Deception Pass State Park with our daughter’s family. Our two families set up tents in...

Miel Formantes

Jul 13
3 min

My Prayers

In my pursuit to cultivate the daily discipline of spending an hour or so with God (see my last blog post!), I have come to re-examine...

Bobby Witty

Jul 6
3 min

Think Before You Speak

In our small group, one of the prayer requests was “for God to teach me to think before I speak.” For some reason that really struck me,...

Steve Colwell

Jun 29
3 min

Doubting Your Doubts

Do you ever have moments or even days of doubt about your faith or lack of one? Doubting is normal because we are human with all our...

Jani James

Jun 22
3 min

Wedding Toast

When a close friend marries, do you lose a friend or gain a friend? It probably depends. But the friendship is going to change some way,...

Grandma Charlotte and My Walk with Christ, Part 3

Bobby Witty

Jun 15
3 min

Grandma Charlotte and My Walk with Christ, Part 3

I owe much to Grandma Charlotte who got me started in my walk with God. In time, I learned that God could be close and personal, as well...

Linda Sakamoto

Jun 6
3 min

I Choose To Believe

I grew up on the big island of Hawaii and attended a Congregational Church with my family. We kids were dropped off early for Sunday...

Grandma Charlotte Part 2 - My Walk With Christ

Bobby Witty

Jun 1
4 min

Grandma Charlotte Part 2 - My Walk With Christ

Grandma Charlotte taught me unconditional love, and by example, modeled a Christian way of living. However, my relationship with God was...

Bobby Witty

May 24
3 min

Grandma Charlotte

“I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in...

Daniel Starr

May 17
4 min

Finding Peace and Purpose

Throughout my childhood and well into my young adult life, I struggled with physical and social difficulties, which caused a lot of...

Jani James

May 10
3 min

God Visited Me

My faith in Jesus began when I was small, attending Immanuel Lutheran Church in Los Altos, California, with my father, mother and older...

One of the things that we highly value is listening to one another's stories. In particular, we love to hear about how people are encountering Jesus in their day-to-day lives. This might be in big ways...but it also happens most often in smaller ways (sometimes in ways that are really easy to miss.)

On this page you will find a treasure trove of such stories! May your own walk with Jesus be deeply encouraged and nourished by what you read here.

If you are interested in sharing some of your story here, please email us to let us know!