Dear Friends, We all have heard of the Christmas story. But think about how it is a great example of building a diverse community, those from other lands like the…
Dear Friends, I sit at the green light at the crossing of 6th and Washburn, and the person in front of me is off in another world too oblivious to move.…
Dear Friends, Well, it has started. The lights are up in town and in many houses on many streets, making it a spectacular experience just to take a drive through…
Dear Friends, I so enjoyed our Thanksgiving and hope you did as well. I love that the first week of advent (hope) is following Thanksgiving, because we can have more…
Dear Friends, The holiday season is here. And there might be a way to use the SPICES’ focus on simplicity to make it memorable while lowering the stress of the…
Dear Friends, I remember taking a spirituality class in seminary where we were all told to bring cameras or phones to take pictures of God in nature. That year we…
Dear Friends, The light from the sun is getting to us in smaller and smaller amounts as we await the holiday seasons coming up. It has been rainy and dim…
Dear Friends, It seems fitting that the colors for Halloween are mostly purple, gold, yellow and orange. I wish there were a way to wish you all a happy…
Dear Friends, The town hall about the unsheltered in our town was held last night in the Union Hall on the Oregon Institute of Technology’s campus. It was good…
Dear Friends, It has been quite the week. We have been preparing for friends who are coming to visit this weekend, and then the person running the workshop on reconciliation…