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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!
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Celebrating God's Global Family
OK! I admit it! I am a proud American. I don’t just listen to the National Anthem when it is sung at sporting events, I sing along, I religiously fly the Stars and Stripes on every national holiday. In addition, my closet has an array of patriotic apparel for such occasions. What a blast it has been dressing up to cheer on our team in the World Cup and to celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday. Seeing others wearing their flag sweaters and USA jerseys prompted the realization
Greg Asimakoupoulos
Jul 153 min read
Coming Home Part Four
A rule of thumb with problems is that they come in threes. Returning home this year, my problems came in four groups of three. In the Lord’s mercy, they didn’t come all at once. There was the water heater, in-floor heat, the HVAC system, multiple waterfront issues. The last group came in the form of our boat lift cover and the frame that supports it. The boat lift cover is a heavy canvas laid over a light duty frame and attached to the frame with heavy duty cord. The fr
Bob Witty
Jul 103 min read
America the Colorful
The purple mountain majesties and snow-white Mt. Rainier remind me of what's grand to me and you. There's Red Rocks Park and Yellowstone. Mt. Rushmore's hills are black. And add to that our flag's red, white and blue. I recently came across this little rhyme that I penned in my journal a decade ago while pondering our nation’s birthday. At the time it dawned on me that America is not only beautiful. It is also colorful. To the aforementioned American communities of color, I c
Greg Asimakoupoulos
Jul 33 min read
Awesome God
I hurt. I hurt from the injuries I’ve received over the years. Yet I know that the human body has been wonderfully made. Psalm 139:13-14 "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." A few years ago, I was watching some young adults play Frisbee. They had perfect bodies. They were effortlessly catching and throwing the Frisbee. The
Steve Pettijohn
Jun 253 min read
The Father-like Love of God
I attended the Seattle Mariners’ home opener a few weeks ago. Although our team lost the first game of the season, it was a memorable night. The unveiling of the Divisional Championship banner was an awesome sight. The enthusiastic welcome for our team, that came to within eight outs of going to their first World Series, was electric. But it’s what took place just before the opening pitch that stands out in my mind. It touched my heart. It brought tears to my eyes. An eleven-
Greg Asimakoupoulos
Jun 193 min read
Coming Home 3
In earlier posts (Coming Home Parts One and Two), I told about coming home after wintering in Palm Springs to lots of little and large repair projects, including a leaky hot water tank, in-floor water heating that didn’t work, a heat pump that wouldn’t shut off, a damaged boat-lift cover, a sunken water trampoline and a myriad of smaller issues. In time, I addressed or repaired these, and was feeling good that the worst was behind me. Then one night, I awoke about 3:00 in th
Bob Witty
Jun 113 min read
Graduation Day
I spent Thursday morning at a graduation and Summer Send-Off at the Lake and Park School in Seattle. Neither of my grands graduated this year but the younger one played 2 piano pieces, sang in the choir and spoke twice. Was it worth it to hear 8 graduation speeches, so that I could hear all that? Of course! But actually, I enjoyed the graduation speeches very much. These graduates are finishing fifth grade and moving on to middle school. Here are some snippets from the spe
Jani James
Jun 52 min read
One Word Prayer
Thirty-five years ago I found myself in the basement of despair. I was battling clinical depression. If you’ve ever been on the frontlines of that dreaded internal conflict, you can identify. It took every resource I could muster to find the energy to get out of bed. I lacked focus. I lacked feeling. I lacked a reason to live. There I was - a husband, the father of three young girls and the pastor of a dynamic church. Looking back, I can identify factors that resulted in my e
Greg Asimakoupoulos
May 273 min read
Coming Home 2
After a few days home from Palm Springs (and fixing everything imaginable), we left for Cabo for a week. A week later, coming home, I expected everything to be as we left it. Wrong! The water heater continued to leak. The 5-gallon bucket was full to overflowing, there was standing water at the base of the water heater and on the garage floor, and the pilot light was out. Oh, my goodness. Here we go again. I thought this was behind us. I guess not. And so, I go into Bo
Bob Witty
May 213 min read
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