Dec 28, 2015 | Blog, Christmas, The New Year
December 2015 Happy Christmas and Merry New Year, Friends and Followers! Our holidays have been merry and bright. This year’s family picture was taken at my son Kevin’s house in West Seattle. We all had a wonderful celebration of Kevin’s birthday and an early...
Dec 22, 2015 | Advent, Blog, Christian Living, Christmas
Happy (belated) Fourth Sunday in Advent! For the past three weeks, I’ve tried to ring in Advent with my version of Alan Hirsch’s BELLS: Bless, Eat, Listen, Learn, and Sent. Learning to be kind and nice, we share God’s love. Learning to be hospitable, we share God’s...
Dec 14, 2015 | Advent, Blog, Christian Living, Christmas
Happy Third Sunday in Advent! In last week’s message we began looking at Alan Hirsch’s five habits of highly missional people: BELLS. We were encouraged to Bless someone in some way every day and to Eat, to share hospitality. Let’s continue. L:...
Dec 7, 2015 | Advent, Blog, Christian Living, Christmas
Happy Second Sunday in Advent! Last month I had a chance to get together with people of faith—from my own church, from neighboring communities, from throughout the Puget Sound area. We listened to a wonderful video by Alan Hirsch, an Australian author and missional...
Dec 15, 2014 | Advent, Blog, Christmas, Signs in Life: Finding Direction in Our Travels with God, The New Year
My husband Kurt and I are looking forward to the holidays with great joy. Our plans include an early celebration with Kurt’s family, Christmas eve with Kyle and Katie, Kevin and Manoela, and Christmas day with Deanna’s brother David and his family. Our year has been...
Dec 4, 2012 | Blog, Christmas
Greetings! The four of us have become the five of us with Kyle’s marriage to Katie this fall. It was a wonderful celebration on a beautiful October afternoon. Katie is a labor and delivery nurse at Providence Hospital in Everett. Kyle continues at a financial advisor...
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