Pastor’s Blog

“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me- just as the Father knows me and I know the Father- and I lay down my life for the sheep…” John 10:14 If you have time this week, I encourage you to read all of John Chapter 10. I had a hard time […]

Pastor Michelle Paxton, Vineyard Church of Federal Way This pandemic has brought a lot of things to the surface for me personally. I can only imagine it has done the same in you. I am pretty good at sustaining a “good” surface when all is well. But when pressure is put on a women that is

Pastor Michelle Paxton – March 27, 2020 (Pandemic 2020) After Jesus says “come” to Peter, he steps out of the boat and begins to walk on the water to Jesus. I pause there and think about that simple, yet not so simple miracle. Peter climbed over the boat onto the water to not swim, but

Pastor Michelle Paxton, Aug. 2017 Dealing with conflict is probably the hardest thing to do, in any situation. As you know, I am blogging in response to our Pastor’s sermons through this risky topic of sex in the bible based off of the Song of Solomon. Pastor Gary preached about conflict over a week ago,

One in five adults have been sexually abused. 72% of high school seniors have had sexual intercourse. Oral sex among high school students has become extremely common along with having casual sex and “friends with benefits”. Each week, 26 million adults have sexual encounters with someone other than their spouse! 11 million adults visit pornographic

When I was about 10 years old, I was playing Scrabble with my parents and some family friends.  At one point in the game, it was my turn to place a word.  I was pleased to be able to score a lot of points with the strategic placement of the word S-E-X on the board.