Plain Talk About Exclusion
Walter C. Woodward (1910-2001) and his wife, Mildred (1909-1989), lived on Bainbridge Island across Puget Sound from Seattle and were among the only courageous souls who spoke up for the…
The First Church to Close
Virginia Swanson’s ministry had begun in 1932 when the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Minnesotan had been sent by the Women’s Baptist Home Mission Board in New York to serve as a missionary…
Flashlights in the Dark
On February 27, 1942, the residents of Terminal Island (twenty-five miles south of Los Angeles off the coast of San Pedro) were the first Japanese Americans to be evicted from…
What is Man?: Help When You Feel Worthless (Ps 8)
Read Psalm 8: A Psalm of David. 1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 Out…
The Truck-Driving Missionary
In 1915, Rev. Herbert V. Nicholson (1892-1983) arrived in Japan after committing his life to serve the Japanese people. Born in Rochester, New York, he had received a call to…
Let Not Man Prevail: Help for the Oppressed (Pss 9-10)
Read Psalms 9-10: To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.[1] Psalm 9 1 I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all…
My Portion and My Cup: Help from Our Risen Savior (Ps 16)
Read Psalm 16: A Miktam of David. 1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no…
Faith or Flight: Help When You’re Running Scared (Ps 11)
Read Psalm 11: To the choirmaster. Of David. 1 In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain, 2 for…
The Power of Words: Help for the Moral Minority (Ps 12)
Read Psalm 12: To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among…
The Cost of Resistance
Supporting the Nikkei during the internment was unpopular and viewed as anti-American. Rev. W. Sherman Burgoyne served as minister of the Asbury Methodist Church in Hood River, Oregon where approximately…