Pastor's Blog

  • I, Paul, blog this greeting with my own keyboard…

    It was a combined Christmas/early high school graduation present that was fully loaded with 128 KB of RAM, a 360 KB double-sided 5.25 floppy disk drive and something most of would have never imagined, an internal hard drive with...Read More

  • What's New

    Almost one year ago, we participated in the United Methodist Church’s “Change the World” weekend. Over 45 people were part of the first CROP work/walk event. Some met at Hopelink to help sort food collected during the carrier’s...Read More

  • Operators Are Standing By

    On Sunday, January 27th, as a response to the scripture (Luke 4:14-30) and sermon, I asked everyone to read and reflect on our...Read More

  • Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors…Sometimes

    Confession: I almost did not finish this article in time for publication. While it is not the first time, the cause was not writer’s block. The cause was a matter of choice, a choice that began about ten years ago when I read a...Read More

  • Vision Checkup

    If you’re under forty and have never worn glasses, consider this a lens into your future. Every December, I receive an email reminding me that it is time to schedule my annual eye exam. The e-newsletter stresses the importance of...Read More

  • A Different Kind of Christmas

    Silent Stillness
    The malls are packed....Read More

  • That People May Not Perish

    There are...Read More

  • What's Next

    Earlier this year, Lake Washington UMC was invited by our annual UMC conference to take the Readiness 360 congregational inventory and to share in a daylong...Read More

  • Are We Losing Our M's?

    Last month, I quoted an editorial by syndicated columnist David Brooks, who identifies himself as a “moderate conservative.” Case in point, some conservatives call Brooks a “faux conservative,” while some liberals venomously...Read More

  • Good Enough for Whom?

    I don't say it often, but I think David Brooks is right. In a recent editorial, Brooks shared his thoughts about a new book, Read More