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Midweek Update – Nov 24, 2021 – Happy Thanksgiving!

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Happy Thanksgiving! As I write this I am sitting in our house in Tempe. My husband has gone…

Midweek Update – June 29, 2022 – How to Love the World in Hard Times
Over the past few years I have gotten used to what I call the “storms of bad news.” Sometimes I see them coming over the horizon, other times they flash out without warning. Tragic acts of violence, public health crises, intense political conflicts, or ecological disasters ride in like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,…
June 29, 2022
Midweek Update – June 22, 2022 -Elders Gathered in Councils
When I was in seminary a friend helped me prepare for my ordination exams. At our first session he asked, “Who governs the church?” “…God?” I replied, sheepishly, like a kid in Sunday school. He let out a quiet sigh, a clear signal that I should try again. Not knowing where this was heading, I…
June 25, 2022
Midweek Update – June 15, 2022 – Summertime
Last night I went to a movie. I don’t usually go to movies because I get busy and I don’t like to take that much time out of my day or night to do something unproductive like sitting in a theater. But it was my daughter’s idea and she can talk me into a lot…
June 15, 2022
Midweek Update – June 8, 2022 – The Wounded Heart
Last Sunday I attended First Presbyterian Church’s screening of the film “Triggered: The Ripple Effect of Gun Violence.” The film was followed by a panel discussion with Rev. Dr. Kate Wiebe, Founder of Institute for Collective Trauma and Growth; Dr. Robert Kanard, Chief of Pediatric Surgery at Cottage Hospital, pediatric trauma surgeon; Suzanne Grimmesey, Santa…
June 8, 2022