What are your favorite memories of meaningful conversations with your dad…together, as a family? Mine usually revolved around food—the breakfast, lunch or dinner table. When is your favorite time to have meaningful conversations with your heavenly Father, when brothers and...
Who said, and in what movie, “Wish I had a million dollars…HOT DOG!” First clue: it isn’t a summertime movie. Second clue: he wasn’t serving hot dogs though he was working at the ice cream counter in Gower’s Drug Store. (Just hold your...
“What day?” you’re probably asking. “The day we actually get the new building?” “The day we sign a lease for Pioneer space?” “The day we launch a downtown youth center?” “The day we win the...
Training…running…jogging…walking…those are all terms we normally associate with Bloomsday in Spokane. But praying? Leave it to a pastor to throw something spiritual into a perfectly good secular event…and on a Sunday, nonetheless! Truth be...
I love weekends…and it’s not just because I usually get to garden a little. Weekends are when most of us get extra (and special) times to fellowship with our God and each other. So here’s what this weekend holds. Gardening: you’re all free to help me with...
Mosaic Ministries is the ServeFest 2016 downtown sight for Spokane churches wanting to serve our city this spring. This annual event is supported by both City Hall and area churches. Here’s how it works. We’ll be gathering at Mosaic Community Bike Shop (611 W. Second...
This is the theme of our Holy Week 2016 at Mosaic Fellowship. As we walk through this very special week of remembering and worshiping our Lord Jesus as Christ, may I encourage you to set aside some extra time throughout the week to meditate on a couple of...
Yes, this is the Sunday we lose an hour…and gain more light…or at least it seems like it. Losing an hour of sleep one night in return for enjoying longer days for the next eight months is a small price to pay for a more “enlightened” life. Kingdom life in...
Yes, Valentine’s Day actually falls on Sunday this year. No, I’m not going to be preaching about St. Valentine, against Lupercalia (the ancient Roman fertility cult that celebrated Feb. 15) or about historical events that have happened on Valentine’s day (like the...
It’s amazing what “unfiltered” sunshine (read ‘warm, cloudless days’) can do to restore energy and renew vision in a person. That’s what happened to me this past week as Sandy and I enjoyed a few days of sun and fun in Southern California with our son...