Anthony B. Robinson was the Senior Minister of Plymouth Church in downtown Seattle from 1990 to 2004. He was also a member of the Plymouth Housing Group Board. After living for many years in southeast
North of Bellingham, the presence of surveillance technology and ever-more law enforcement has begun to change the feel of life in what otherwise seems to be a traditional bit of Americana.
Mark Driscoll, pastor of Seattle's Mars Hill Church, envisions a high-testosterone, ready-to-fight Jesus. Author Brian McLaren, once viewed as part of the same movement as Driscoll, asks deeper questions and draws a different figure.
The infamous "Seattle process" has developed out of, and caused, a big gap in trust here. In the case of the viaduct, voters seemed to scream out their dissatisfaction with the slow, painful cycle of distrust and debate.
The Canadian city, enjoying a renaissance, is pedestrian-paced and happy in its diversity. Seattle has urban islands, but in Toronto one fascinating ethnic quilt flows right into the next.
The Michigan city is jazzed about a promise to pay full tuition for students graduating from its public schools. Would something similar work in Seattle, addressing our inequalities in education?
