Have you noticed people around you getting more nervous or less patient, responses a little sharper in the last few days? Have you noticed yourself getting more “antsy” or anxious?
I know some of us have intentionally limited the information we take in about the election … read more.
With the election just days away, with infections spreading here in Oregon and in almost every state, with the US Senate moving a problematic new appointment to the Supreme Court forward with no bipartisan support, with the recession deepening and a new relief bill still … read more.
Greetings,
As we move into fall, we hope you’re all staying well. These are anxious times, and it is good to have our church community.
First, we thank all of you who have participated with a gift to Our Path Forward. As of last week, we have … read more.
Our ballots arrived at the house yesterday. I’ve been looking for them, anxious to actually have them in hand. I have needed this election, which is somehow different, more dangerous and more fraught, to get concrete.
Even those of us, and there are many when we … read more.
Pledges and gifts to the Our Path Forward campaign continued to come in after Celebration Sunday. But only a few now and it is time to report on how we did and how we will move forward.
First, the results:
The top line is that we came … read more.
The warm weather and blue skies of this week have colluded to obscure the turning of the season. The smoke of the fires, by obscuring the sun, made the late summer temperatures feel more like fall. Now early fall feels like summer.
I had begun to feel dis-oriented and un-grounded. The surreal truth of … read more.
