Author Archives: Pastor Dave

     We enjoy watching the Seattle Mariners baseball games and last week were treated to the biggest comeback in their franchise history. They were playing away at the San Diego Padres and trailed 12-2 going into the 6th inning. Since … Continue reading →

When our family had the privilege many years ago of camping in Europe and visiting some 13 countries over a six-week period, one of the highlights of our experience was to visit some of the cemeteries in The Netherlands,  Belgium, … Continue reading →

Some of you probably remember “The Pretender” TV series that aired from 1996-2000 on NBC.  Michael T. Weiss played “Jarod,” a very intelligent person with the ability to slide into somebody else’s vocational role. The series was inspired by a … Continue reading →

Even though it is quite a pain to protect all our bushes, trees, flowers and vegetable garden from our local white tail deer herd, we are also rewarded with getting to see a newborn fawn that mom brings to show … Continue reading →

The first week of May has to be one of my very favorite weeks out of the whole year, at least in this “neck of the woods” where we live. This is normally when the lilacs and fruit trees are … Continue reading →

On our recent trip to spend some time with the family in Oregon, we had the privilege of attending church with them. Pastor Jon Strutz (who happened to grow up in Montana!) was in a series on “Growing in Christ” … Continue reading →

I noticed as I was driving into town last week that a pair of geese has taken over an osprey nest atop a power pole next to the highway. We are accustomed to seeing osprey there throughout the spring and … Continue reading →

We had the opportunity a week ago to meet up in Phoenix, Arizona with our son from Oregon City and to attend several spring-training baseball games and do some hiking in the area. Some dear friends from our church have … Continue reading →

I trust you had a joyous time yesterday celebrating Jesus’ resurrection. What a blessed hope we as believers in Jesus Christ have. We are not followers of a religious teacher who died and remains in the grave. We serve a … Continue reading →

The “Freedom From Religion Foundation” is an organization of atheists, agnostics and skeptics who are the “voice for free thought” that protest any semblance of Christianity displayed publicly, be it crosses along the highway, the Ten Commandments on a billboard, … Continue reading →