Nov 1, 2016 | Blog
Our church gave out a list of morning prayers for each day of the final 30 days leading up to the national election. It’s not political, rather designed to help us “ask God for courage and wisdom, and thanking God for love and joy.” It’s more than a little ironic that...Oct 31, 2016 | Blog
First, some news. If you haven’t heard, there will be a special Haines Borough Assembly meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) in assembly chambers at 3pm to consider this resolution asking for a community wide vote on the chosen harbor expansion plan. Please come if you are...Oct 30, 2016 | Blog
A healthy society is one “in which people who orient around religion differently can disagree on some fundamental things and work together on other fundamental things…how do you have a society in which people who disagree on where to draw the line in the...Oct 27, 2016 | Blog
I have been thinking about this line I shared with you from Garrison Keillor a few months back– and how it resonates so well with both local and national politics right now: “Anger is poison. Meet hostility with courtesy. Don’t spit into the wind....Oct 25, 2016 | Blog
This morning I had a note from a reader who recalled a poem I’d shared a while ago about kindness and empathy, that she knew ended with the word “bone”, and how she needed to hear it again, but couldn’t find it, and did I know what it was? Yes....Oct 17, 2016 | Blog
Of course all anyone is talking about is the snow– about a foot at our house– and how could it have been such a surprise? My friend Leigh said she looked out the window and dropped her morning glass of water right on the floor. Even my very organized...