Sermons

That Church (Colossians 1: 1-14)   I’ve told this story before, but it’s worth repeating to serve as a reminder of whose we are.  I don’t remember the circumstances, but I was having a conversation [...]

Blessed and Broken (Galatians 6: 1-10, 15b-16)   Recently Don Olsen and I attended the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church of the Pacific Northwest Conference over in Bothell.  The theme for this year [...]

Service by Diane Johnson Assistant Certified Lay Leader Thanks to Diane Johnson for filling in for me yesterday.  Don Olsen and I went to the Annual Conference last week and it was a great help [...]

The Real Higher Power (Luke 8: 26-39)   When I got to the Olympic Peninsula in June of 2008 to begin work as Jefferson County’s newest deputy prosecuting attorney, I was excited to learn that [...]

I Will Do My Best (Acts 2: 1-21 and Romans 8: 14-17)   I imagine that growing up in the Tri-Area in the 1950s and 60s was much like my childhood growing up in Warners, [...]

Nothing But the Truth (John 16: 12-15 & Romans 5: 1-5)   Upon meeting my clients, most of whom were being held in the county jail, one of the first things I would tell them [...]