NWLife, 13120 SE 192nd Street, Renton, WA (2026)

05/27/2026

The church update e-mail from PB is here:

NWLife Family,

I hope you and your family enjoyed the extended holiday weekend—with at least one successful BBQ, right? At our house, there was a little camp fire and smores shared with nieces. It’s a tip of the cap to the incoming season…

In church life, the incoming season is called “Ordinary Time.” Mostly, it just means there aren’t any of the big high holy holidays during this season. It’s just normal, take-a-breath, ordinary time – which is also a delightful gift from God (Selah).

We had our first summer schedule 10:00am combined service on Sunday. Maybe it was just because I didn’t have a job assigned to me, but I sure loved that service. Each thing that happened, I felt like nodding my head, saying amen, smiling, and I felt kinda like looking over at my neighbor to say, “Oh, I like this church!”

The music, the prayers, the message, the people, the food, the kids errwhere…

Oh, I like this church!

If you missed Pastor Andy’s Pentecost Sunday message, I encourage you to take a few minutes this week to watch / listen. For some reason, I have this feeling it might be exactly what you need. Archived live stream of the service is available here: www.nwlife.church

I’m looking forward to sharing with you all this weekend at our one service together – 10:00am (with kid’s classes and nursery all staffed and ready for summer fun – always food and good times on the lawn after). This Sunday we will gather around the table for communion – and, of course, we’ll save a seat for you!

In every season runnin’ on love,

Pastor Brian

It’s a gift to joyfully recognize and accept our own smallness and ordinariness. Then you are free with nothing to live up to, nothing to prove, and nothing to protect. Such freedom is my best description of Christian maturity, because once you know that your “I” is great and one with God, you can ironically be quite content with a small and ordinary “I.” No grandstanding is necessary. Any question of your own importance or dignity has already been resolved once and for all and forever. ―Richard Rohr

05/21/2026

The latest church update e-mail from PB:

NWLife Family,

We did it! This last Sunday, we hosted our annual Kicks-4-Kidz event and distributed 110 new pairs of Nike tennis shoes to kids in need from the 4 closest elementary / middle schools here at NWLife. The sun came out to warm the bouncy houses on our East lawn and it really was a beautiful day of loving and serving our community. Thank you, church family.

This Sunday is, according to the church calendar, Pentecost. This is pretty much the next big thing after Eastertide – so, I hope you’ll come participate… come be the church.

Also, we are officially now in our Summer Schedule: one service together at 10:00am. Kid’s Life and nursery staffed and ready for fun! Always food and good times on the lawn after.

In every season runnin’ on love,

Pastor Brian

“I think Thomas Merton got it exactly right. God is everywhere and in everything, and we cannot be without Him. It’s simply impossible. But we have some vision problems… Let’s turn aside to see the strange things. Burning like transfiguration, the world is full of fire and light. God is there, right in front of you, dancing. All you need is a little willingness to see.” —Richard Beck

05/12/2026

Something exciting to tell you about in the latest church update e-mail from PB:

NWLife Family,

Eeeeek! We’re tumbling toward Summer and errthing is about to start poppin.

This weekend starts with a complete change-up of how we regularly come together for a Sunday at NWLife…

Our usual services at 9:30 and 11:00am aren’t happening. Instead, we will be having a quick, casual, worship and Word time together at 12:30pm – followed by us all rolling up our sleeves and working side by side as we serve our community. We call it Church-in-Action Sunday.

And here’s what we’re doing to serve our community: hosting the annual Kicks-4-Kidz event where we will be providing new Nike tennis shoes for over 100 local school kids in need. If this doesn’t sound like the Jesus Way, I don’t know what is.

Make plans to be here this Sunday from 12:30pm on through the early afternoon. Dress easy and casual – and bring your smile. This is the good stuff…

Last Sunday was Mother’s Day – a sweet one at NWLife. If you missed being here, the service is now available online: www.nwlife.church

It helps to have good shoes when Runnin’ on Love,

Pastor Brian

“Prisoners pen scriptures, wh**es and heroes and every face resembles holiness. The feet of peasants are washed by the king and law bows down to love. Outsiders are insiders and the door is not open but torn clean from its hinges. This is the house that God built.” —Lori Hetteen

“I’ve noticed that the older, the more gnarled the cherry tree, the greater the profusions of blossoms. And sometimes the oldest and dustiest bottles hold the most sparkling wine. I’m drawn by faces lined with crow’s feet, those “credentials of humanity,” beautifully lit from within.” —William Sloane Coffin

05/05/2026

here's the latest church update e-mail from PB:

NWLife Family,

It’s that time of year where everything starts getting busy and squished into the last so many days of the academic school year – until, at last… it’s Summer. But it’s not, not yet anyway. Right now it’s just squished and busy.

This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day. We’ll be doing what we can to make moms feel loved and special at church with a continental breakfast and open-air photobooth with on-demand printing, and an Eastertide message followed by communion. Here’s the point: come with your mom to church -or- let your mom bring you to church. Services are at 9:30 and 11:00am.

Last week, I shared the 2026 update to my sermon “Time for Thomas.” If you were unable to be with us in person, the service is now online: www.nwlife.church

The fundraising has been doing well for our upcoming Kicks-4-Kidz event. The “Kicks” table will be in the auditorium again this Sunday – if you’d like to help kids in our own community. Giving for the event is also available online: www.nwlife.church/give

Mother’s Day, then Kicks-4-Kidz, and then… oh my, we tip into the Summer schedule. More on that later…

Still Runnin’ on Love,

Pastor Brian

“We cannot love God unless we love each other, and to love we must know each other. We know Him in the breaking of bread, and we know each other in the breaking of bread, and we are not alone anymore. Heaven is a banquet and life is a banquet, too, even with a crust, where there is companionship.” —Dorothy Day

04/23/2026

Church update e-mail is here:

NWLife Family,

We are in the unique-to-the-church season known as Eastertide. The stores may have discounted the leftover Easter Candy and so… Easter has mostly slipped from view (vantage point being late stage capitalism), but not here! What was it St. Augustine said? “We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song.”

On Sunday, Pastor Andy shared our Eastertide message—if you were unable to be with us in person, the service is now online: www.nwlife.church

We also kicked-off fundraising for our upcoming Kicks-4-Kidz event. The “Kicks” table will be in the auditorium again this Sunday – come prepared to give for kids in our own community. Giving for the event is also available online: www.nwlife.church/give

This week, we continue in the stories of Jesus appearing to, and meeting with, his friends after the resurrection—and we will worship and celebrate water baptisms. Sounds like a good day to be in church!

Going with Love,

Pastor Brian

“Hope is holding a creative tension between what is and what could and should be, each day doing something to narrow the distance between the two.” —Parker J. Palmer

04/15/2026

The latest church update from Pastor Brian is here:

NWLife Family,

It’s tax day – even Jesus experienced it. And so, my only commentary is to wish you peace. The kind of peace Jesus offers…

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. —John 14.27

On that note, our own John Overby, husband of Deanna and father of Pastor Shari, passed away at home last weekend. We join the family in gratitude for John’s life, and that he is now in perfect peace. The funeral service for John Overby will be held this Saturday, April 18 at 11:00am, here at NWLife Church. All are invited.

Last week was the second Sunday of Easter – which means we’re in the church season known as Eastertide. I shared a message entitled, “The Possibility of Misidentifying Jesus.” If you were unable to be with us in person, the service is now online: www.nwlife.church

This week, we continue in the stories of Jesus appearing to, and meeting with, his friends after the resurrection—and we will worship and receive communion together. Trust me, it’s gonna be a good day in church! Put your family in the electric station wagon and bring ‘em.

Life Groups are about to kick off… so have a look at the groups and sign up for information on any of the groups you might be interested in. You can see all the groups and request info here: www.nwlife.church/connect

Also – reminder: Water Baptism is coming April 26. You prolly should sign up: www.nwlife.church/connect

Going with Love,

Pastor Brian

“The deeper our faith, the more doubt we must endure; the deeper our hope, the more prone we are to despair; the deeper our love, the more pain its loss will bring: these are a few of the paradoxes we must hold as human beings.” —Parker Palmer

03/31/2026

Here's the Holy Week church update e-mail from PB:

NWLife Family,

It is the final day of March, and tomorrow is April. It’s Holy Week – when we remember the journey which brings us to Easter… Jesus carried the cross and bore in his own body our sin, sorrow, and shame. I pray you will have some little windows of time to pause, remember, and be thankful for the life of joy and freedom we have been so freely given.

Easter is the celebration of Jesus’ victory over death, hell, and the whole failed system of picking ourselves up by our bootstraps. Easter is grace and surprise and delight all wrapped up for us to stumble upon, early Sunday morning.

Yeah, Easter Sunday will be sunlit and glorious! Gospel music, Krispy Kreme donuts, family and friends photo spot, kid’s classes, nursery, communion, an Easter celebration message… it’s happening at 9:30 and 11:00am right here, Sunday, April 5.

Be sure to invite some friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, and sports parents to join you for Easter Sunday at NWLife!

It is also time for Spring Life Groups. Our catalog is out now – have a look at the groups and sign up for information on groups you’re interested in. You can see all the groups and request info here: www.nwlife.church/connect

I’m sticking with love,

Pastor Brian

“The Kingdom of God doesn’t come by winning and it isn’t found in the halls of power. It comes by death and resurrection, and it’s found at the communion table.” —B. Zahnd

03/25/2026

Church news and whatnot... the update e-mail from PB is here:

NWLife Family,

Thank you all for the birthday wishes and kindnesses – I’m definitely feeling loved and soooooo much older (just not enough to get that Tuesday discount at Value Village I’ve been eyeing).

Pastor Andy spoke on Sunday this past weekend about the Good Shepherd. It was a full service of worship and communion and this important Lent message—if you missed it, the video is available online: www.nwlife.church

This is the last Sunday to donate candy for the Easter candy drive (individually wrapped bags of the good stuff). We’ll also be collecting candy-filled eggs that went to homes for assembly. Thank you for all your sweet giving.

I know the rain feels like a clingy nuisance, but it’s just working itself out so we can have a beautiful Easter Sunday at NWLife. Easter is our big deal—celebrating our Savior’s truimph over death, sin, and shame. It’s the Sunday of Sundays, and a wonderful opportunity to invite some friends, family, and even a few sketchy acquaintances.

Yeah, Easter Sunday will be sunlit and glorious! Gospel music, Krispy Kreme donuts, family and friends photo spot, kid’s classes, nursery, communion, an Easter celebration message… it’s happening at 9:30 and 11:00am right here, Sunday, April 5.

Also, this weekend is Palm Sunday… you know, where ya wave yo hands and do yo dance. And if you don’t know, be here and you will! Plus, you really don’t want FOMO. Services at regular times and we’ll be serving food in the lobby between services. We’ll save you a seat!

Finally, all this talk about Spring leads me to Spring Life Groups. Our catalog is out now – have a look at the groups and sign up for information on groups you’re interested in. You can see all the groups and request info here: www.nwlife.church/connect

I’m sticking with love,

Pastor Brian

December is gone
Along with January and February
Spring is here Tulip buds appear
Clover blossom to meadow grass
This is the grace we have wanted

Artists go outdoors
To let the beauty move
Through their hands and their brushes

No more holding back
Be reckless Tell your love
To errbody

Stand up
The prostrating part
Of the prayer
Is over

—Rumi

03/10/2026

The latest church update e-mail from PB is here:

NWLife Family,

Happy birthday Pastor Angela! Send her a gift or text or a coffee.

On Sunday, I was excited to share my message, The Vine and Branches AKA Jesus and His 45,000 Denominations. If you missed out, the service is still available online: www.nwlife.church

We’ve kicked off our annual Easter Candy Drive – so I’m here reminding you to purchase candy, the good stuff—and the stuff that fits inside those little colorful plastic Easter eggs, and bring at least some of it to the church lobby for donation.

This weekend, I’ll be bringing the next Lent message as we gather for our regular morning services (9:30 and 11:00am). As tradition demands, we’ll be serving food in the lobby between services and all the kid’s classes and nursery will be open too. We’ll save you a seat!

Weird and exciting weather, huh? I guess that means Spring is right around the corner—and Life Groups are taking shape now. If you might maybe be interested in hosting a Life Group this time around, please let us know: www.nwlife.church/connect

I’m sticking with love,

Pastor Brian

“In Christ’s sight, there are no insiders and outsiders, for we are finally of one nature and one flesh and one grief and one hope. And in Christ’s sight, if we fail in love we fail in all things else...” —William Sloane Coffin

03/03/2026

The latest church update e-mail from PB is here:

NWLife Family,

Did you see the moon and stars and planets last night??!?!?!?! Wowza. My eyes sparkled.

It’s March, yeah… and we’re marching our way toward Easter. Which means the Easter candy drive is on now—we need lots of individually wrapped candy that fits inside plastic eggs. Good candy, amen? The drop off spot is awaiting your donation(s) in the lobby.

On Sunday, Pastor Andy shared a poignant message about “competing Christianities” and the Gospel story of the Transfiguration. If you’ve ever been troubled by the Christian label being applied to some non-Jesus-like beliefs and behaviors, you’re gonna want to listen to this sermon – it’s available online: www.nwlife.church

This weekend, I’m looking forward to sharing with you a continuation of a theme I began a few weeks ago about our faith foundation… the first installment, “The One God Who Created And Blessed,” was about our place within the three Abrahamic faith traditions. This Sunday, I’ll speak about the “Vine And Branches,” AKA Jesus and his 45,000 denominations.

Anyway, I hope to share what I believe is our NEED FOR A NON-PROPRIETARY GOD. We’re digging down, looking deep, and talking about our faith—what we believe and where that belief comes from and why… (pause) and what do we do about our siblings who see it differently?

Make your plans to attend one of our regular morning services (9:30 and 11:00am). Like usual, we’ll be serving food in the lobby between services and all the kid’s classes and nursery will be open too. We’ll save you a seat!

Quite obviously, Spring is right around the corner—and that means Spring Life Groups are taking shape now. If you might maybe be interested in hosting a Life Group this time around, please let us know: www.nwlife.church/connect

I’m sticking with love,

Pastor Brian

“Every one of us is in the image of God, and every one of us is like a damaged icon. But if we were given an icon damaged by time, damaged by circumstances, or desecrated by human hatred, we would treat it with reverence, with tenderness, with broken-heartedness. We would not pay attention primarily to the fact that it is damaged, but to the tragedy of its being damaged. We would concentrate on what is left of its beauty, and not on what is lost of its beauty. And this is what we must learn to do with regard to each person as an individual, but also – and this is not always as easy – with regard to groups of people, whether it be a parish or a denomination, or a nation.

We must learn to look, and look until we have seen the underlying beauty of this group of people. Only then can we even begin to do something to call out all the beauty that is there. Listen to other people, and whenever you discern something which sounds true, which is a revelation of harmony and beauty, emphasize it and help it to flower. Strengthen it and encourage it to live.

Unless we look at a person and see the beauty there is in this person, we can contribute nothing to him. One does not help a person by discerning what is wrong, what is ugly, what is distorted. Christ looked at everyone he met, at the pr******te, at the thief, and saw the beauty hidden there. Perhaps it was distorted, perhaps damaged, but it was beauty none the less, and what he did was to call out this beauty.”

—Anthony of Sourozh

02/17/2026

This week in the church update e-mail from PB - Ash Wednesday...

NWLife Family,

Brrrrr. We’re having a little reminder that it’s still Winter! And maybe even some light snow?

This week, we’re having our annual Ash Wednesday service at 6:30pm in the auditorium. It’s a family-style service (open to everyone) with a different feel… a bit more unplugged, contemplative, and definitely more personal. I hope to see you tomorrow night!

This past weekend, I shared a message about our roots – how we are among the three Abrahamic faiths. If you missed this service, it’s available online: www.nwlife.church

This Sunday, Pastor Angela will be speaking in our regular morning services at 9:30 and 11:00am. Like usual, we’ll be serving food in the lobby between services and all the kid’s classes and nursery will be open too. We’ll save you a seat!

With all this talk of snow and Winter, Spring is right around the corner—and that means Spring Life Groups are taking shape now. If you might maybe be interested in hosting a Life Group this time around, please let us know: www.nwlife.church/connect

I’m sticking with love,

Pastor Brian

If dry bones are raised
and rivers parted, then these
ashes can seed hope.

—Lori Hetteen

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