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All the Paperwork

This week I am thrilled because I completed all of the forms for our annual charge conference. This is the big annual meeting of the church where we approve the pastor’s salary, review our Safe Sanctuaries Policy, list our assets, and officially welcome all of...

The Sacredness of Place

This summer our family has had the privilege to attend 3 farm to plate dinners at Topaz Farm on Sauvie Island. We have eaten local, wild caught salmon, roasted on cedar planks, celebrated corn with everything from corn espuma to corn fed beef, and eaten 6 different...

We’re Back

School started all across our area in the last 2 weeks. Here at the Trinity Building our preschool has opened for the fall as well. It is wonderful to hear the children playing in the courtyard. As the rhythms of fall life resume after an inordinately long period of...

Leadership BBQ

One of the best parts of our life together as a parish is the amazing leaders we have. Each quarter a group of formal and informal community leaders get together to check in, dream, and plan. This past week we got together in the back yard of the Sellwood Faith House....

Artsy

This past week my family was able to take a long planned trip to NYC. In the midst of my heartbreak about Afghanistan, worries about reopening schools well, personal financial issues, angst about climate change, and a growing pandemic weariness the most healing aspect...