Check out my Shirt!

I just got my Seattle Seahawks, Super Bowl Champions t-shirt in the mail yesterday. I have been dreaming about this t-shirt since 1984. That’s right, for a solid 30 seasons in a row I have been disappointed by the team I support and root for. But not this year, this...

Called Out!

On Sunday we were talking about how complicated the word “church” can be for folks. Putting aside our culture, experience and opinions the word really just means “called out ones”. Since the beginning God has called people to gather,...

Hide N Seek

When is the last time you tried to hide from someone? I mean really hide? As a teacher I recall hiding from a few parents. Don’t judge me, it was before e-mail and teaching a full day is more emotionally exhausting than you think. I was sick this week and feeling...

Keep getting up!

Been thinking about the practical aspects of faith this week. Somewhere in the history of our people the idea of never messing up became proof of great faith. The problem is that when being perfect is the goal, we all start hiding from each other and God. True faith...

Hey. Thanks!

Looking forward to sitting around a table full of food, with friends and family. What a genius way to celebrate how thankful we are for the good things in life. Right? There is something powerful about  the invitation to eat at someone’s table.  Even if just for...

The problem with cute girls…

I had a friend tell me that one day while in Jr. High a bunch of really cute girls started talking to him all the time. After a while he figured out that they just wanted his answers to their homework. He stopped giving them the answers and they stopped talking to...