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    Articles by Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos
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    These Americans had a dream. What’s yours? |...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • January 11, 2023 5:23 am

    This month, our nation pauses to look up to a man who was looked down on for the majority of…

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    Guest columnist Greg Asimakoupoulos is chaplain at Covenant Living at the Shores in Mercer Island.
    New year and that one family member we...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • January 1, 2023 5:23 am

    Last summer, my 5-year-old and 3-year-old granddaughters were watching the Disney movie “Encanto” repeatedly. As a result, long after the…

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    Guest columnist Greg Asimakoupoulos is chaplain at Covenant Living at the Shores in Mercer Island.
    What if Jesus had never been born? |...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • December 21, 2022 5:23 am

    When Philip Van Doren Stern’s 4,000-word short story “The Greatest Gift” failed to impress a prospective publisher, the writer and…

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    Earlier this fall, this tombstone captured my attention. It marked the final resting place for a family by the name of Balance. (Courtesy photo)
    The critical search for balance during the holiday...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • December 7, 2022 5:23 am

    Earlier this fall, I was attending a leadership summit in a suburb of Chicago. Following our sessions one afternoon, I…

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    Remembering the year Thanksgiving came early | Greg...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • November 23, 2022 5:23 am

    Oct. 31, 1994. It’s a day our family will never forget. It was a cold, windy and rainy Halloween. Our…

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    Columnist Greg Asimakoupoulos talks with actor Karolyn Grimes. Courtesy photo
    A classic movie with timeless message | Greg...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • November 9, 2022 12:39 pm

    Last month was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But for the last 25 years or so, October has also been observed…

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    Guest columnist Greg Asimakoupoulos is chaplain at Covenant Living at the Shores in Mercer Island.
    Picturing contentment: Life lessons from the original Facebook...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • October 24, 2022 8:23 am

    The other day I came across my student pictorial directory from Fuller Seminary. Of course, I looked for the page…

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    Denny and Sharon Horn, Mercer Island residents, hold certificates and an official program from the Seattle Mariners’ first home game in 1977, played in the Kingdome. The Horns are among the growing crowd of fan hopefuls cheering the Mariners chances of making postseason play. They watched with pride as Mercer Islander Matt Boyd get his first win as a Mariners pitcher last week. The Horn family and Boyd family are longtime members of Evergreen Covenant Church on the island. Courtesy photo
    For Mariners fans, there actually is crying in...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • October 1, 2022 11:06 am

    There’s a line in the movie “A League of Their Own” where Tom Hanks’ character says, “There’s no crying in…

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    From our personal collection of Royal memorabilia. Photo courtesy of Greg Asimakoupoulos
    The silver lining of national sorrow | Greg...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • September 21, 2022 5:20 am

    Where were you when you were told that Pearl Harbor had been bombed? What were you doing when you heard…

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    Greg Asimakoupoulos, left, and George Toles. Courtesy photo
    A voice of encouragement still rings in my...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • September 7, 2022 5:20 am

    Three months before I began my freshman year at Seattle Pacific University in the fall of 1970, I went to…

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    An invitation to paint rocks and learn by...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • August 17, 2022 5:20 pm

    During the height of COVID, quarantined artists in my community found a creative expression for their talent. They painted rocks…

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    Remembering a Towering Legend
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • August 1, 2022 11:50 am

    A tribute to Bill Russell, who died July 31 at the age of 88.

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    Bill Russell. Photo courtesy of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Twitter
    Remembering a Towering Legend
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • August 1, 2022 11:50 am

    A tribute to Bill Russell, who died July 31 at the age of 88.

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