Steven's Stories

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my di...

Martin and Gracia Burnham, missionaries to the Philippines, were celebrating their anniversary on Palawan Island in the western Philippines ...

Today is Ash Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent. Many Christians take this time to give something up as they prepare for Holy Week a...

March 1941. Ken was a young man in love. He had to been getting to know Marian for some time, and he knew she was the one. He asked and she ...

Shortly after my aunt and uncle got married in 1986, my aunt informed me that they had "a black and white surprise" at their house...

I wrote this poem February 10, 2007 in response to a sermon by our pastor on God's holiness, from 1 Peter 1. NASA/Hubble Awesome Amazing...

I started this blog several years ago, in part to post thoughts on Christmas carols. It's been a while since I've actually posted so...

"Passing bells and sculpted angels, cold and monumental, seem for you the wrong companions. You were warm and gentle." ...

Following are two recent posts that I shared on Facebook considering the controversy surrounding the announcement that LeFou is gay in the ...

Sunday school lesson for July 7, 2013, from Matthew 21. This was the final lesson in a series on love. This one was illustrating how we need...

We had a guest speaker in Sunday school on Sunday, June 30, 2013. I sent e-mails to the parents of the students in the week before, building...

This morning's Sunday school lesson: The Pharisees, or religious leaders, couldn’t stand Jesus. He kept proving them wrong, and they d...

Today's Sunday school lesson... We started out with a modern example of an amazing quadriplegic who is truly one of my heroes. As I wa...

I wrote this poem back in January of 2005 in memory of our former pastor Brad Smith, who died rather suddenly from a stroke, but I thought i...

“Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” - ...

Christmas in the Northwest is not as well-known of a song as most other Christmas carols, but it's one of my favorites. The following wa...