The Scarlet Cord “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.” — Is. 1:18 Read more
Food for Thought Have you ever wondered why you like certain foods or dislike others? Certainly it is due to our taste buds and how our mind interprets the food we eat. But it is just as determined by our upbringing — what our family ate or didn’t eat. Some famili... Read more
Family Worship I grew up in a home on the Swinomish Reservation, where my mother made family worship a priority. We always bought the latest devotional book for kids from the Adventist Book Center, took turns reading the day’s devotional and prayed together. I r... Read more
Speak Freely “If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.” — Noam Chomsky Read more
Tilting Toward the Son At 5:50 a.m. Pacific time on Jan. 2, 2021, people across the Northwest experienced a special annual phenomenon. At that precise moment, we reached our closest approach to the sun for the year. This point in Earth’s orbit around the sun is called “... Read more
From Where I Stand: Angry Me Last week I was heading to pick up a camera I had taken in for servicing. I found myself lost in thought as I drove south on Interstate 5. My inner musings were rudely interrupted as a white sedan cut in front of me and proceeded to swerve back an... Read more
From Where I Stand: A Fresh Start Our nation watched yesterday as Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States of America. Joining him is Kamala Harris – the first female vice president and a woman of color. Read more
'Music to My Ears — Even If' A couple of months ago I was sitting in a medical office waiting room and over the speakers heard a Christian song I had never heard before. I jotted it down in my phone and when I got home looked it up. As I listened carefully to the words, I was... Read more
From Where I Stand: Restoration Our world feels irreparably broken. My friends talk about it, I hear of it in the news, and I read about it in social media. I believe this breaking apart is predicted by Scripture. At the same time, I find myself longing for encouragement and hop... Read more