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Naming the Pain

I have heard and read about gaslighting.  I have been able to point it out to other folks in their lives.  I consider myself a strong person who is savvy and aware and able to claim my own agency, so it is with not a little shame that I recently...

Praying in the Sunshine

A few days ago I found myself standing in the spring sunshine as a houseless man named John the Baptist prayed over me and our church. John had walked up to he building right as I was unlocking the door.  He told me that the Sheriff had cleared him out of...

Othering the Other

These days so much is transitioning as we figure out what is next in this pandemic and there is a lot of pressure on decision makers.  As our Bishop and our Governor make decisions around reopening, safety protocols and more we each in our own individual lives must...

Being Rescued

When I was 11 years old I got to attend a week of camp at Loon Lake United Methodist Camp. We built teepees to sleep in, cooked over fires, explored the woods, and learned about the beauty of God with us in creation. One of the traditions at camp was to hike up to...

Stirrings of new life

Since this fall there have been a handful of Sundays where I have gotten to be in the Trinity sanctuary with other folks. It has been so lovely to have baby Leah playing in the background on her baptism Sunday, to be able to send Dan to investigate a stranger in the...

What Is Right?

As we think about Liberation this season and contemplate God’s justice I am walking through deep thought pattern shifts about the concept of rightness. One way this is coming up for me is in my school board work.  We are contemplating changes to our real estate...