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Sharing Art

This past year I have been training as a docent at the Portland Art Museum.  Every Monday I got to attend the amazing docent lectures featuring artists, curators, and other experts connected to the museum like the conservator and various professors.  After...

Anxiety Is Rough

It’s no secret to regular readers of this blog that I have anxiety disorder. I’ve written before about the stress of losing our cat (who was later found) and my general anxiety related to doing new start work. This past month I experienced a kind of...

One Foot In Front Of The Other

We’ve been doing mediation hikes for a year now.  They were the idea of one of our leaders.  She and I started out leading all the hikes together, but last fall she took over doing them herself.  I fill in from time to time on months when she...

The Very Best of General Conference

For many United Methodists, this past weekend has been spent processing the aftermath of our General Conference meetings held here in Portland.  From all of the decisions made, or not made, to our denomination’s inability to move forward and the pure exhaustion...

Sharing our Burdens

This spring has been packed.  Right now I’m still working at General Conference.  This is the global gathering of the United Methodist Church which takes place every four years.  It’s sort of like our congress, where we legislate our church...