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Rain
Posted by Andy Voelker on

If you live in the Pacific Northwest, rain is a normal part of your life. This is why people joke that the Washington  state motto is: “Rain? What rain?” and why people claim: "We don't tan in the northwest, we rust!"  The past several months have been some of the wettest...

A Church Is Born
Posted by Andy Voelker on

  Donald Barnhouse tells the story of driving with a friend and being asked to share the details of his favorite symphony. He thought to himself, "How silly it would be to try and convey the beauty and complexity of Brahms though mere words or by whistling as I...

HOPE
Posted by Barbara Alexander on

 Does your soul thirst for God when a new day comes,     Yet deep darkness and fear prevail?Ask that He send His Great Light to guide you;     He wondrously will not fail. Have the problems of life been too heavy to bear,     Your...

An Old Fashioned Christmas
Posted by June Farrington on

  I'd like an 'Old fashioned Christmas", you hear many people sayI'd like to have it happen this very Christmas day I'd like to meet 'Ol Santa with his beard so snowy whiteand see the gifts he brings me in the middle of the night And watch him as he leaves my home and swiftly flies...

Christmas Wish
Posted by June Farrington on

'Twas the night before Christmasthe house was all darkThe grandkids slept soundlyfrom play in the park I'd just settled down fora long peaceful nightSnuggled up tightlyand turned off the light When out in the kitchenI heard such a splatterI sprang to my feet to seewhat was the...

Christmas Celebration
Posted by June Farrington on

 This season we will celebrate the birth of God's dear SonHow wonderful it would have been to know this little One I would like to pick Him up hold Him in my armsTouch His little fingers and behold His baby charms Perhaps I may have faintly heard the song the angels singBearing news of...