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…
rec·on·cil·i·a·tion /ˌrekənˌsilēˈāSHən/ noun noun: reconciliation; plural noun: reconciliations 1) the restoration of friendly relations. “his reconciliation with your uncle” 2) the action of making one view or belief compatible with another. “he aims to bring about a reconciliation…
Dear Friday with Friends, Today is a normal Friday in many ways. I know I hear from people that they are depressed, scared, or angry about the cultural environment during…
Dear Friends, When speech is free, what do we decide to say? There was an old Native American (Cherokee) adage that a person is given only so many words to…
Dear Friends, “Violence begets violence; hate begets hate; and toughness begets a greater toughness. It is all a descending spiral, and the end is destruction” were the words of Martin…
Dear Friends, Cool breezes remind me that fall is coming this month. I don’t know about you, but this year has flown by for me. There is something special about…
Dear Friends, Do not forget that this Sunday is our monthly business meeting. I really don’t have a Friday with Friends upbeat text to send to you today. It’s just…
Dear Friends, This past Sunday at Moore Park was so much fun and very successful. Even the weather was perfect. I have included the steps of forgiving and the poem…
Dear Friends, Another month has passed by, and they seem to come and go so swiftly this year. Before long, summer will have passed by. I am glad we have…