Rich lives and work in the suburbs of Seattle with his wife and their five kids. Rich has a B.A. in New Testament from Oral Roberts University and an M.Div from Regent College in Vancouver BC. He enjoy drinking coffee, mountain biking, and traveling. His passions include building shelters in Lebanon for Syrian refugees and digging wells in India.
Rich has been following Jesus since he was 15 when Jesus crashed into his life showing him more grace than he could have ever deserved. Rich serves as a pastor with Soma Eastside Church in Issaquah, WA. Some of his favorite writers include Quentin Tarantino, Blaise Pascal, Susan Howatch, Soren Kierkegaard, Flannery O’Connor and Timothy Keller.
What is Jonah doing in the Bible? He is such a different prophet from the others! I believe God put it there because Jonah opens our eyes to a hidden truth. It is the truth that God calls us…
How to Practice Everyday Prayer “Pray without ceasing!” This was God’s command to the Thessalonians and to us. We need the rhythm of regular, everyday prayer Everyday prayer is about keeping the conversation going with God throughout our day. One…
Sabbath ceasing means to cease not only from work itself but also from the need to accomplish and be productive, from the worry and the tension that accompany our modern criterion of efficiency, from our efforts to be in…
His rescuing love is the trustworthy seed that our friends need. When shared sincerely, it will change them as it has changed us! The calling to “do the work of an evangelist” (2 Timothy 4:5) has been put to…
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