"Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed." - Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NLT) This week, our message focuses on relationships, which are the very essence of real living. We believe this one message has the power to drastically change someone's life for the better and that someone could be you!  We invite you to join us this Sunday at 10:30AM to hear about how relationships change lives. You can watch our live stream on our YouTube channel. You will find us at @WashingtonCathedralRedmond (be sure to subscribe so you can easily find us). Or, come in person to the Cath ..read more

"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." —Luke 6:38 This Sunday, Pastor Mark begins a new series you won’t want to miss. Life is not a zero-sum game. In game theory, there’s a well-known concept: zero-sum theory. A zero-sum situation refers to one person’s gain being exactly balanced by another person’s loss. Think of poker: the money on the table doesn’t change; one player’s win means another player’s loss. But in non-zero-sum situations, everyon ..read more

“Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” Mark 16:16 Baptism was one of the greatest moments of my life and it can be that way for you also. When I was in the third grade, I surprised myself by going forward at a church camp in the Cascade Mountains.  The preacher finished explaining that if we wanted to be certain we were going to heaven we needed to individually choose to let Jesus Christ come into our lives. They had a musician singing about 45 verses of “Just as I Am” and after every verse, they asked people to come to the altar ..read more

Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? - Isaiah 58:7 Last week one of our staff members had her car break down. When some of the staff looked at it, they all said oh this is the ball bearings, it will probably cost over a thousand dollars and take a couple of days. She headed to a small mechanic shop and found a very honest mechanic. They stayed late and completed the job and only charged her 300 dollars. When I heard this, it brought back s ..read more

…and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds. 1 Timothy 5:10 Pastor Mark Nsimbi and friends have been preaching on hospitality and it is an inspiring series. My hope for you is that as we learn and apply God’s principals of hospitality, they will become generational in your family. For so many families in our church you are naturally hospitable because that is in your blood and every act of generosity is honoring your family that came bef ..read more

Hebrews 13:1-5 “Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you ..read more

Hello Church! This Sunday Pastor Linda is continuing our sermon series titled, Salt and Light, and she will be diving into Mark 10- when Jesus says, “Let the little children come to me”. It feels fitting to write about this as I gear up to transition out of Washington Cathedral and say, “See ya soon” to all of the wonderful folks at Washington Cathedral and I’ll tell you why. I have learned a lot about little kids over the last 4 years and one of the most helpful, and important things I’ve learned about raising toddlers is that the more I can say “yes” to them, the more connected we will be. I ..read more

Happy Friday Church! For today’s devotional we will read through Pastor Mark’s sermon summary, scripture, and discussion questions. The scripture this Sunday is 1 Peter 3:8-17. It says, “Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. 9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For, “Whoever would love life     and see good days must keep their tongue from evil ..read more

Happy Friday, Church! As we continue our sermon series, Salt and Light, we are diving into the passage in Matthew 5 that talks about salt this week. I love the Message version that says, 13 “Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth.” I believe that the more we learn to be the people God created us to be- not who our communities, society, our insecurities, the media, etc. tells us to be- but who God created us to be, the more we can live into our “saltiness”. That being said, I want to share with you one of my favorite ..read more

Good Morning, Church! This Sunday Pastor Tim will be continuing our new sermon series, Salt and Light. For this week’s blog I wanted to share with you something I read from the Asian American Christian Collaborative that I saved because the message by writer, Naomi K. Lu is so powerful. I really believe that by embracing the people God created us to be, we in turn become light to those around us and light to ourselves. I hope this message blesses you the same way it has blessed me: “The Names We Hold May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. It is a large gr ..read more