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
7 Ways to Get Your Kid to Break Bad Habits From nose picking to thumb sucking. there are plenty of inappropriate habits that your little one might pick up as they grow. Like temper tantrums, these can be difficult to handle. So how exactly can you help your kid make a change? Here are seve... Read more
Humble Sinners and Self-Righteous Saints "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." — Bertrand Russell Read more
