On Thursday evening July 14, I sat in a local church listening to the heart of a missionary couple. This couple, William and Larisa, called to the Middle East, does grass roots ministry with the flexibility and nimbleness of a four year old on a jungle gym. And they have eight children in tow! Yes, …
This week I have been attending a photography workshop on creating a Fine Art Book. Yes, I am capitalizing those three words. What I am learning is beyond just printing up a book of pictures. Oh yah! Streeeeeeetch! Do you hear my brain stretching? It is… We are meeting at the Pacific Rim Institute for …
“The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets. From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. He summons the heavens above, …
This weekend, while camping at the Wenatchee Confluence State Park, I noticed some interesting rock formations high above the city. I focused on them wondering if there might be some hiking trails up there. Unfortunately, I did not take a picture to show you the view from the campgrounds; later the mountain was enshrouded by rain …
Rather than drive to Vantage, WA for the day, we hooked up our trailer on Friday planning to return on Monday. While our intention was to attend the James Nesbit Whirlwind Tour PNW on Saturday, our tidy little Escape allowed for a long weekend of worship, hiking, photography and, of course, camping. Saturday evening we chased the setting sun and the rising moon. …
Saturday found us at The Pavilion in Vantage with a throng of radical people of faith. Led by artist and musician, James Nesbit, we entered into worship of the King of Kings in a fresh new way. The sound while bold, was not prescribed or pre-written but on the spot released for this moment and this …
Debby Sutherland keeps telling me her facebook friends are asking her, “What is Marlee doing?” So here’s what I am doing. 1. In February 2010, I made a Treasure Map and pasted some celebrity’s skinny body on the board with my head glued on top. 2. About the same time I registered for a diet …
Fluffy is nice for kittens and french toast and frosting, but not for 21st century grandmothers! When you are post-menopausal stuff just sticks in rolls around the middle. Like a car in a mucky ditch, it just doesn’t want to budge. Neither do you. Stairs leave you panting. You wonder if you’re going to die. …
One afternoon in 1898, my grandmother disappeared behind the barn to call the cows. When she reappeared she had received a call from an unseen audible voice announcing, “Take off your shoes; this is holy ground.” Falling to her knees in the pasture this staunch German Lutheran met Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and …