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• Did God abandon Boston?

  By Joe Chambers, ... - Apr 24
  Around 3 p.m. Eastern time on April 15, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Matthew 27:46 A little ...
  

• The end is the new beginning

  By Kelsey Pummer, Pointe ... - Apr 10
  I am a ‘homebody.’ My closest friends laugh and say that is a severe understatement. I am a homebody, somebody who prefers home to other places. Th...
  

• Baptism – a new beginning

  By Brad Bigler, Church ... - Mar 20
  Today, as in the days of Jesus, there are certain principles and ordinances of the gospel that we must learn and obey. A gospel principle is a ...
  

• In praise of prayer

  By Gordy Arlin, a Bahá’í ... - Mar 06
  “The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence… a presence which is ...
  
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  It’s our obligation to advocate an end to homelessness

  By Glen Pickus - Feb 20
  As the world’s first ethical monotheistic religion, Judaism is more than a means for individuals to fulfill their spiritual needs. Many of us ...
  

• An awkward lunch with pastors

  By The Rev. David Parks - Feb 06
  I was certain it would be a disaster. I felt anxious as I looked to what I imagined would be a difficult meeting. The participants were, after ...
  

• The path of the mind is a mixed bag

  By Sal Barba, Ph.D. - Jan 23
  “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson These are ...
  

• Repent and begin anew in 2013

  By Brad Bigler, Church ... - Jan 09
  One of the main purposes we came to earth is to grow and progress. This is a lifelong process. During this time on earth we will all make mistakes ...
  

• Christmas hush

  By Mark Smith, Mukilteo ... - Dec 19
  Here we are, squarely in the midst of the Christmas rush. So much to do, so little time! I like the story of the pastor who was visiting the ...
  

• The ugly Christmas tree

  By Joe Chambers, ... - Dec 05
  I grew up nine miles from town, three miles from our nearest neighbor, at an elevation of 9,000 feet in Colorado. One year my dad, brother, sister ...
  

• Alleluia! The true meaning of Easter

  By The Rev. Cynthia ... - Apr 17
  Alleluia, Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed, alleluia! This is how we begin our worship from Easter Sunday until the day of Pentecost, ...
  

• Resistance is not futile

  By Glen Pickus, Temple ... - Apr 03
  When faced with annihilation there are few options. Such was the case in 1933 for Europe’s Jews when the Nazis seized power in Germany and began ...
  

• Is it all inside of your head?

  By Sal Barba, Ph.D. - Mar 13
  “I am just an ordinary person like you, but I live in the world awake!” – Mahatma Gandhi One of the world’s first great psychologists was the ...
  

• Love others as God loves you

  By Joe Chambers, ... - Feb 27
  The following is an allegory of the love of Christ from St. Athanasius, 4th Century A.D.: Once upon a time there was a good and kind king who had ...
  

• Ash Wednesday: Holiday or holy day?

  By The Rev. Thomas J. ... - Feb 13
  Today Christians celebrate Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season in the church year known as Lent, a 40-day period set apart by the church ...
  

• Continue the work that Jesus began

  By The Rev. Cynthia ... - Jan 30
  Last year couldn’t end soon enough, especially for my congregation of St. Hilda St. Patrick. In the last three months of the year we had five ...
  

• The Quran: Science and miracles in a book

  By Aziz Junejo, a Muslim ... - Jan 16
  My father was from India where he grew up in a small village memorizing the Quran in its original Arabic language, taught to him in the same ...
  

• Actions, intentions and grace-filled resolutions

  By Kelsey Plummer, ... - Jan 02
  “We judge others by their actions. But we judge ourselves by our intentions.” The origin of this quote is unknown to me. My brother, Mike, spoke ...
  

• Open your heart: Live hope this holiday

  By Rev. Cynthia Espeseth,... - Dec 12
  In my tradition of Christian faith and worship, the four weeks before Christmas is Advent. A time of expectant hope and waiting. For centuries the ...
  

• Jewish forced to deal with the December Dilemma

  By Glen Pickus, Temple ... - Nov 28
  For many Snohomish County Jews the holiday season means having to deal with the “December Dilemma.” Even for those of us who have developed ...