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The First Day of School

Today is the first day of school in our city. My Facebook feed is full of pictures of kids ready for a new year. It is a time of starting new rhythms for families. Traffic flow in the city changes as buses navigate the streets and parents add in a stop for drop off in...

The hard work of sharing space

It is one of the great gifts of stewarding the Trinity Building that we can share it with our wider community. This place is home to the office of an aging in place nonprofit and they regularly host activities for seniors in our memorial room. We also host a Christian...

MILE

Our Bishop Cedrick Bridgeforth has set a direction for all the churches, clergy, & ministries in our area.  He is calling it MILE. Ministry that matters Itinerancy and location Lay Ministry Enhancement Eliminating Racism Every fall we hold the annual business...

Plan process

When I was on the school board, I was on the policy committee. When we were creating a new policy or majorly overhauling a policy that had big student or family impact we had a couple of different ways we would receive community input. Sometimes we would go out to the...

Renewed!

Today I returned to work after a month of renewal leave. I am happy, energized, and grounded. It was lovely to have a whole month to rest. I enjoyed the freedom of doing what I felt like doing in the moment. Some days that means mostly resting, reading, and watching...

After a Rest

I have been struggling. My energy has been low, my creativity almost nil, and for a few days there in February my brain was like hey here is how you could kill yourself if you wanted to. Dear reader, don’t fret. I most certainly did NOT want to, but suicidal...