Month: October 2018
Q & A – Nominating Committee
November: Sue Jensen
I’ve been painting for 30 years and teaching for 22. My work has evolved in many directions over the years.
I love the process of making art. It brings out a feeling that is calming and centering. After all these years, I’ve gotten past the self … read more.
Paying Attention
At church last Sunday, after the 9:15 service, a congregant approached me, with concern on her face. “Can the new assault on the trans community be true? Haven’t you seen the news?”
I had not. She was referring to the unconscionable proposal to require that gender … read more.
October ’18 Moderator’s Letter
Greetings and Welcome
Our Annual Fund Drive (AFD) has begun. Everyone on the Board is grateful to this year’s AFD Co-Chairs : Laura Jones & David Livermore. If you have not met them, please visit them after service each week at the AFD table in … read more.
Autumn Alert
The Sweet gum tree outside my kitchen window is wearing its spectacular fall finery, a profusion of red and orange and yellow. It is a sure sign of the changing season, of the turning of the year.
UU minister Robbie Walsh:
“I have just returned from the … read more.
Grievance or Gratitude
I am still reeling from the Kavanaugh appointment to our highest court. The rational part of my brain knows that this was simply the exercise of power. I am also clear that the best, in fact the only effective response, will be for those on … read more.
Evil People
Thursday, 1:30PM
Dear friends, I wrote this blog post less than 24 hours ago. Today, with events in Washington seeming to crowd out most other concerns, perhaps I should cobble together a quick response and trust that you will wait for greater depth from me in … read more.
Oct.: John Cline & Janet Lindell
Janet Lindell is a Portland watercolorist. She has studied and shown her work in Portland galleries and shows. This show features her enthusiasm for watercolor batik.
These paintings have been done with a watercolor batik process on rice paper. Working with watercolor on rice paper it is … read more.