Click through a collection of leadership and ministry blog posts!
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In God’s Mighty Hands
By Pastor Jennifer Woody, Monroe/North Creek district pastor A lot of scary stuff has been happening lately and, quite frankly, it has kind of consumed our lives. Last week […]
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Generosity: The Speeding Ticket You Want
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president There they were in my rear-view mirror. Flashing lights and the image of the local city police car. I was 16 years old […]
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Consider the Ant
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president My mother loves to tell a story about me. To this day she still cannot tell the story without bursting into laughter even […]
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Confident, Happy, and Unafraid
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president It is always a point of curiosity when you exit a store and find three police cars all pulled up and parked erratically […]
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Your Part of the Tree of Life
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president In the last book of the Bible, we read about the tree of life in the earth made new. I have thought about […]
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A Heavenly Reminder to Lose the Weight of the World
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president This past January I watched my son trying to lose weight. But not by going to the gym. Many people start gym memberships […]
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Reflections on Psalm 125 at Mowich Lake
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president One of my favorite spots in western Washington is a place called Mowich Lake located in Mt. Rainier National Park. If you are […]
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Assault of the Senses
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president The world we live in is a very sensory world. In fact, our senses are assaulted from all sides with all sorts of […]
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Four Lessons for Christians from the Gym
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president Several weeks ago while at the gym I saw a rare sight: a person sitting down on a gym couch. I chuckled as […]
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The Most Expensive Gift
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president Children of the ultra-wealthy were posting on social media about all the things they were getting for Christmas. One photo featured a young […]
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How God Remembers You
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president It started with an early morning phone call from a relative of a church member. Their connection with the church was almost non-existent, […]
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The Art of Regifting and Returning
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president Most people who know me know that I like all of God’s little creatures. However, I like some of them less than others. […]
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The Bible Story You Likely Haven’t Heard
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president The Bible tells the story of a man named Ornan. Most have never heard of him. Yet land that he used to own […]
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A Perfect Seal
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president When I was working my way through school, I spent time working at a factory that produced plastic bags. We made all types […]
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All the Giants
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president Most Christians are very versed in the story of David and Goliath. It is a great story that shows how God leads in […]
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Unknown Soldiers of God’s Kingdom
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president This week the nation honored the veterans of our nation, the men and women of our nation who fight for our freedoms. Between […]
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Listen for the Marching Mulberries
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president My sister and I loved a mulberry tree in our backyard in Kansas where we grew up. We would climb in it and […]
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Waffles, Conversations, and Connections
By Heidi Baumgartner, Washington Conference communication director Bob apparently didn’t know the social code of a continental breakfast room where you near silently obtain and consume your food while […]
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Farewell Symphony
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president The practice for the rich before electronics and iPhones was that you took your music with you by taking all the musicians with […]
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Fistful of Nails
By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president We have all heard of Napoleon and the fateful loss of the Battle of Waterloo. But did you know that the battle most […]