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{From a member of our community; shared with permission.} A friend of a friend had a made a necessary run to the grocery store. As she rounded the corner, heading down the toilet paper isle, a shopper from the other direction picked up the last package of toilet paper. When the shoppers met in the now-empty isle, the woman who had possession of the...

{From a member of our community; shared with permission.} After much thought, I decided I would no longer babysit my 2-1/2 year-old grandson. I sent a group text to my son, and his mother-in-law who also babysits once a week. Tears in abundance. Yesterday, early evening I see my daughter-in-law with my grandson and their&nb...

In the Creation Story we are reminded that we are made in God's image ~ God Father, God Savior, God Sustainer. God who is relationship with God's Self, created us to likewise be in relationship with God and in relationship with each other. In this way, the Bible tells us that we were actually built for community. I know, introverts could use a litt...

Someone passed along a word from Harry Potter's Albus Dumbledore ~   'Happiness can be found in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light.' As I prepared to leave for my Sabbatical in 2014, I started a blog. The purpose was to keep us close even though we would be far apart for an extended period of time. While I was...

So many details in the news, but what stood out this day was the profound ripple effect of the Coronavirus. According to the BBC it took 67 days for the first 100,000 people to be diagnosed, 11 days for the next 100,000, and only 4 more to add another 100,000. Astonishing. Also mind-boggling were the numbers of how many 'others' a single ...