The Blood Moon Tetrad

About midnight Pacific time tomorrow night (April 14th/15th, 2014), a total lunar eclipse will occur. As the moon is engulfed in Earth’s shadow, it will become a mesmerizing shade of molten crimson, hence the name blood moon. As an added bonus, the Red Planet, Mars, will be loitering nearby in dazzling brightness as April 14th marks the […]

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It’s Okay. She’s Muslim.

So your worthless wife or girlfriend wants to get a divorce/break up/move on/have guy friends/wants to work outside the home/didn’t heat your dinner up enough/disapproved of you wanting to bring other women in the relationship/looked at you funny/didn’t iron your pants/wants to go to school/didn’t feel like having sex. And you killed her. Because she […]

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Oso Strong

It has been one week since the devastating mudslide in Oso, Washington. Prior to this event, many people had never heard of Oso. It’s an area more than a town, a concentration of people on Highway 530 between Arlington and Darrington. Even if you live in Western Washington, you’re more likely to have taken State […]

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Oso Chapel Update

Here is an update from Pastor Gary Ray of the Oso Community Chapel.  If anyone knows of a drop-off point on the Eastside or in the Seattle area for donations that will be taken to Oso, people are asking. Please let me know. Thank you!

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Éire Go Brách!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to the 80 million or so people of Irish descent out there in the world today– and everyone else who’s Irish for the day. Sláinte! When Erin first rose from the dark swelling flood God Bless’d the Emerald Isle, and saw it was good; The em’rald of Europe, it sparkled and shone– […]

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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus!

Happy St. David’s Day! St. David’s Day is a national holiday in Wales dedicated to celebrating the life of St. David (Dewi Sant) and Welsh culture. Unlike St. Andrew’s Day in Scotland and St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland, St. David’s Day is not yet recognized as a bank holiday, which is the equivalent of a […]

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Zoom Out

Have you ever been so overwhelmed and besieged by a problem that if you could draw a picture of how you feel it would look like this?

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Fandemonium in Seattle

Here in the Seattle area it sounds like the Fourth of July outside. The brisk night air bristles with the acrid smell of fireworks as screams and cheers reverberate throughout our neighborhoods. People are literally out in the streets celebrating. The Seahawks, after 38 years, have finally won the Super Bowl. And they didn’t just […]

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27th is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The UN chose this date because January 27th, 1945 is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Unfortunately, in the 69 years since, hatred against Christians and Jews has become fashionable again. In predominantly Christian countries Christians are now being branded intolerant, narrow-minded, radical, and dangerous, labels […]

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More Americans Left Behind

American kidnapped in Pakistan begs Obama to negotiate with al Qaeda for his release. NBC News is reporting that Warren Weinstein, a Jewish American kidnapped by al Qaeda in Pakistan two years ago feels forgotten by the Obama administration. He said:  “I hope and pray to God that you, as leader of the United States, along […]

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