Tim Health Saga 2026
Tim woke up February 17th with an inflamed ankle. We thought it was a sprain or maybe gout. 10 days later he was in the hospital with AFIB and septic arthritis. 10 days after that he was airlifted to Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle for emergency open heart surgery. This is the saga as I…
The Danger of Adding Scripture Interruptions
Bible passages that are interrupted by pericope headings are can be easily misunderstood.
What the Professor Missed
The Torah Club study this week sent me to the book of Ephesians. Years ago I took a class on the book of Ephesians at Regent College. Regent College in Vancouver, Canada, is a graduate theological school. Regent had a policy of allowing students to earn a graduate level degree without having an undergraduate degree…
Grace Harbor International
Mission Statement And Brief History Grace Harbor International is dedicated to producing high-quality skin care products with unwavering integrity and exceptional customer service. We do this with the following principles. Brief History In 1999 we wrote a simple goal; Make lots of money and give it away– under the direction of the Holy Spirit both…
Movie Recommendations
If you are like me, you don’t like to brose for movies to watch. You may prefer, as I do, to have someone recommend movies for you. I will try to keep a list going here of some of my favorites and ones we have watch recently. Some that we have seen lately: Bau, Artist…
“Do Something Else”
Thanksgiving was always a big deal for me. I hosted a big family meal every year. Then my husband and I separated and everything changed. The first Thanksgiving after our separation I broken heartedly cried out to God. “It‘s not fair!” I said. “Everyone used to come here.” I loved cooking for my children, my siblings,…
No Random Coincidences
During the time that my dad was in hospice in California, I flew back and forth from Bellingham Washington to Oakland California to visit him. In those days there was just one flight a week to and from Bellingham and Oakland, so it would not be too unusual to see someone on the plane that…
The Avid Adventurer
My mother writes about her father, my grandfather (Myron Eugene Terry; 1895-1980)Father’s Day; June 17, 2007 In church this morning Pastor Charles asked the congregation to share memories of their fathers. Several people had shared before I began to think about my father. It’s been a long time since considered his life and what he…
Tim’s Ear
I had been finding blood on Tim’s pillow for more than a year. I thought the blood I was finding was coming from the nosebleeds that Tim often had. When I saw the blood was behind his ear, I was alarmed. I took a picture of it so Tim could see it too. We looked…
The Avid Adventurer
My mother writes about her father, my grandfather (Myron Eugene Terry; 1895-1980)Father’s Day; June 17, 2007 In church this morning Pastor Charles asked the congregation to share memories of their fathers. Several people had shared before I began to think about my father. It’s been a long time since considered his life and what he…
Are Gentile Believers “Under the Law”
A friend wrote to me this morning with a question. She asked “The confusion is about Believing Gentiles, are they under the Law? Paul, in 1Cor 9:20, says we are not. Missler says we are not. They say the commands found in the Torah do not apply to us.” One of my little axioms is:…
Who Am I?
Christian Labels Who am I? How do I define my faith? How do you define me, Father in heaven? I imagine Him saying to me, “You are a servant of the most High God as revealed through the original scriptures and Yeshua his representative who came in a human body, died to cleanse the world…
“You Don’t Have a Microwave?
When Audrey, my six-year-old Granddaughter, came from the Denver area for a visit to our farm in Northwest Washington, she asked me to fix a quesadilla for her. “Sure,” I said. I got out the frying pan. As I put it on the stove top Audrey said, “Just give it 30 seconds, Grandma.” I said,…
“Don’t Start the Engine”
September 13, 2025 Exactly a year ago I gave up driving. Here is how it happened. Tim and I had been living in Sequim, Washington for three years. The town is so convenient, we joked that everything we need is within a five-mile radius. On the 13th of September I drove to another town to…
Lost and Found
Lost and Found The Lord knows where everything is. The first story I remember hearing about how God knows where everything is, and cares, was a story my grandmother told about her wedding ring. She was washing the dishes when it slipped off of her finger and went down the drain. My grandmother was alarmed,…
Shayla’s Grandmother
Shayla’s grandmother, a native of Kentucky wrote this memoir in the 1970s. Shayla shared it with our Bible Study Group, a few days ago–February 2025. It is a beautiful story of summitting your heart to the Lord. Shayla gave me permission to share it here. MY DAUGHTER LOVES A BLACK By Barbara G. Sweat An…
“That’s the Wrong Answer, Dad”
One morning in 2007, My brother, Eric called. “Grace,” he said, “it looks as if Dad is not going to make it. He is in the hospital. His heart is failing.” My sister, our mom and I made arrangement to fly to California to see Dad before he passed away. A few hours later we…
Heather’s Formal (s)
When my daughter, Heather, was a senior in high school she and her friend, Shannon invited two boys to the girl-asks-boy formal dance. Heather needed a dress for the dance so I asked my sister Christy if she would like to come over and make a formal. She readily agreed and arrived in a few…
Misunderstood Paul
There is so much to say about how the Apostle Paul has been misunderstood, but let’s start with this one. Paul was not talking about himself in the last verses of Romans 7:13 “ Did that which is good, then, bring death to me?” This person who is crying out is “speech in character”, a…
Heart Broken
Bad News and Good News about Sexual Sin I have several friends with children who are “trans-gendering” . Our prayer group has been praying for these people. We pray “with gentleness, that God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from…
Just Kidding?
There was no such thing as “Just Kidding” at Grace Harbor Farms. Kidding was a serious time. It happened in the Spring when the dairy goats would give birth to their kids. 2004 was an extra-special kidding season Erin Parkinson painted this picture of Tim with some of our goats in 2006. It was a…
Let Me Tell You The Story of the MSM Cream
The MSM Cream Story At the end of the farmer’s market season in 2000, we rented a kiosk in the mall to sell the soaps and lotions. When people saw our sign “Goat Milk Soap and Lotion”, we were often asked, “Since you have goats, do you make cheese?” No, we did not make cheese.…
“You Do Something”
With the decision of the US Supreme Court on Roe v. Wade, abortion on demand became the law of the land in 1973. I was 24 years old then, and not yet a disciple of Yeshua. (That happened in 1976.) About 12 years after Roe v. Wade, I became increasingly distressed about the killing of…
Grace Harbor Farms Founders’ Story
Yes! Thank you. I don’t have to fly the plane! Tim and I started Grace Harbor Farms in 1999 after we had purchased two goats as part of our preparations for Y2K. We had gardens, a water source and other preparations in place when I suggested to Tim that we get a couple of…
“What Are You Willing to Go Through?”
Difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.Matthew 7:14b 1 John 3:13 Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. Luke 6:22-23 “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of…
I Have a Story to Tell
Graveyard to Table, A Story of the Land From Graveyard to Table On a recent Sunday morning, my husband I met some friends for brunch in Sekiu Washington. Sekiu is about two hours away from where we live in Sequim. While we were eating, I told our friends, Gerri and Robert, that my paternal grandmother…
Unbeliever’s Grave
My 29 year marriage was ending. I had become a follower of Jesus nine years into the marriage. My husband had become enraged at my conversion. He hated everything about “Christianity”. I spent the next 20 years trying to make sense of my life. 1 Peter Chapter 3 had been my go to verse: In…
Roundabouts
“What goes around, comes around” That is an axiom that most of us have heard all of our lives. But what is the spiritual lesson in this circular pattern? Recently in our Torah study lessons we have been learning about the pre-existence of the soul. For most of my life I have rejected that notion,…
Disaster or the World to Come?
Psalm 91:9-10 For you have made ADONAI, the Most High,who is my refuge, your dwelling-place. No disaster will happen to you,no calamity will come near your tent. Complete Jewish Bible In May 2, 1983 my sister, Nora, and her daughter, Lauren, were murdered by her husband. He fled the scene. A few days later he…
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