Hippies & Robots

Jeanne and I saw The Jesus Revolution film, a true story of God’s love during the Hippie Movement (mid 1960’s-70’s). I was moved by those followers of Jesus who engaged with love and truth those “hippies” who were challenged by Timothy Leary to “turn on, tune in, drop out.” Fueled Read more…

A Miracle or Two

Billy Graham    Billy Graham brought his Crusade to Seattle 1976. This was the second event in the Kingdome and 50,000 per night attended. I became a volunteer businessman and was assigned a key operational role. Billy’s love for God and people saw thousands of individuals, couples, businesses and an entire Read more…

Compassionate Responsibility

I am now in year 15 as a volunteer resource provider, former board member and mentor to homeless men on the Eastside of Lake Washington assisting Congregations for the Homeless.  It is a privilege to have spent thousands of hours talking, writing resumes, making trips to the hospital, court or job interviews, bringing Read more…

Homelessness…Now An Agenda Item

When I started serving homeless men 14 years ago, their presence in Bellevue, WA (and Seattle) was an annoyance to the community, you know, like a paper cut on the finger.  Now in Puget Sound and Eastside Cities, it is like an ongoing agenda item on city and county council meetings, newspaper columns and on Read more…