A dying woman inspired my New Year’s resolution for 2008. Seven weeks before her death, Jeanne Clem (Pastor Bill Clem’s wife) told Mars Hill about her efforts to memorize scripture during her last days on earth. Specifically, she was working on a portion of 2 Corinthians, which she recited for us:
“Therefore we do not lose heart. [...]

One of my yearly Christmas traditions is making Salt Dough ornaments. Last Christmas, I started making a nativity set for our home. So far, I’ve made the core trio: Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus, whom my husband lovingly refers to as “peanut Jesus” because, well, you can see the resemblance.
You’d think that a nativity set [...]

This Christmas, MHC had an opportunity to share Jesus’ grace and mercy to those in need in our community. Below is an article written by Amy Huey, a member who helped coordinate the Adopt-a-Family ministry for the West Seattle Campus.
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I know that I (as well as many of you) feel the Christmas season [...]

I had a suspicion this was going to be a difficult Christmas season, so I tried to prepare myself for it mentally. Bryan is working long hours, which means I’m working long hours at home with the kids. Last week I was up all night with kids who had a stomach virus, and [...]

In our home, we celebrate Chanukah (sometimes spelled Hanukkah).  We do this because my husband is a Messianic Jew, which means that culturally and ethnically, he is Jewish, but he also loves Jesus.  We want to honor his Jewish heritage, but we also like to recognize how we can see Jesus in the midst of [...]

Last year after election day I turned a new leaf and made a new commitment to the democratic process. Having lived a life of political apathy until that point, I felt challenged to care about the democratic process by Christians in my life that I respected. I was not pressured to consider one party [...]

Written by Amy Letinsky.
Ever noticed that on Thanksgiving, people are great at being full of thanks, they’re just horrible at giving thanks? I hear radio announcers say, “We have a lot to be thankful for,” or kids say, “I’m thankful for my mommy and my daddy and my Action 3000 Super Fighter Lightning Striker Hero.” [...]

Kathy Sierra wrote an interesting post earlier this year at her blog, Creating Passionate Users. In it, she asks, Why Are We Still Going to Conferences? and discusses her keynote presentation at this year’s SXSW:
I started my keynote by asking if anyone was live-blogging. Hands shot up across the room. Someone yelled “Twitter!” The whole [...]

Chuck Palanhniuk, author of Fight Club (on which the movie was based), says in the introduction to his book, Stranger Than Fiction,
If you haven’t already noticed, all my books are about a lonely person looking for some way to connect with other people.
In a way, that is [...]

Written by Jenny Faultner.
At 39 weeks my daughter, Zoe, was born and underwent surgery to prepare her for the heart transplant she received 5 weeks later. In anticipation of this event, each prenatal doctor’s appointment and consultation cut deeper, removing our life’s expectations piece by piece, culminating in the conference room, hushed toned obituary that [...]