My life was about to change. It was May 1976, the second event in the new Seattle Kingdome. The first event was a soccer match featuring the famous, Pele. Coming to Seattle was Billy Graham for a week of sharing love and the gospel with all sides of society in Read more…
Living Perspectives – September 2014 Here is a recent recap of activities for our organization during the first two weeks of September as the fall begins, and needs become more apparent after a summer of sun. Homeless Men (Congregations for the Homeless) One of our CFH men had a serious Read more…
Granite Falls High School competed with two cars in the Houston Shell Oil EcoMarathon. The activity and excitement watching 7-800 wanna be engineers over a 100 cars tuning engines and tinkering with their machines as they readied for the track. These innovative machines motor around the 1 mile track in groups of 15. Read more…
In my March 22 blog I detailed the effort by Granite Falls High School in preparing two cars to compete in Houston, TX in the Shell Oil EcoMarathon. Mentioned was a documentary that Shell was preparing about 2 of the competing universities and our favorite, the Granite Falls Eco Auto Team. The Read more…
I am heading to Houston as a volunteer with the Granite Falls High School Eco Marathon Team competing April 3-7. This is year 4 for me serving as the “encouragement” coach, administrative manager and “gofer” (parts, food, Tylenol). What a blessing for me to work with these students, most are Read more…
How are you at 6:30 on a Sat. morning? My granddaughter (age 10) and I were recently making breakfast with church members for 30 homeless men staying in the Congregations for the Homeless (CFH) shelter in a local Lutheran Church. She was cooking pancakes, talking and laughing with the men and Read more…
Never make a decision at the point of decision. Good advice for someone on a diet who should choose his/her lunch menu the night before rather than in the noon lunch line at the all you can eat buffet. At times emergency decisions are necessary but in a majority of Read more…
Two traditions based around gift giving, Christmas and Boxing Day are celebrated in December. While many believe Christmas was an offshoot of a secular historical Roman holiday, more of us hold that the birth of Christ is the “reason for the season.” Boxing Day celebrated in Great Britain and Canada, the day Read more…
Today is a guest blog from Paul Hirz, Living Perspectives Board member. The Really Good Samaritan! You know the Good Samaritan parable, right? (Luke 10:30) This traveler heading down the rugged 17 mi. road from Jerusalem to Jericho gets mugged and robbed and ends up in the ditch. He is Read more…
Here is the picture of Peter, Taylor and her Mom at the finish line of the Las Vegas Marathon. What an inspiring story to those who observed Peter pushing Taylor through 25 mph winds, Taylor singing songs and Peter with a smile on his face. Taylor, afflicted with cerebral palsy, Read more…