Formation | Youth
Staff cheers campers along their epic race
I’m not sure anyone saw the guy who won Spokane’s Bloomsday race quite as many times as I did. Standing on the corner of Broadway and Oak, cheering at the top of my lungs, I could see that tall Kenyan in the eyes of every boy and girl who looked up at me, heard my [...]
Congregational Development
Sometimes evangelism means just showing up
I finished my first Bloomsday race ever a few weeks ago. This was my 22nd Bloomsday in Spokane and I had never experienced this huge Spokane event – a 12k race that begins and ends downtown.
I had some very good reasons for not participating before. For instance, it is a Sunday morning event and most [...]
Bishop's Notes
The mighty wind brings us a new day
It is daybreak and I am listening to lively tones as a brisk breeze blows through wind chimes outside my window. The new day is alive; wind upon chimes announces it.
In this Pentecost season wind is a compelling subject. Only a Sunday ago we celebrated how the Spirit came as the sound of a mighty [...]