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There is a piece of metal art in Bend. Located in the Old Mill District, it is a set of enormous wheels and the belt that is intended to be driven by those wheels has come off, and is twisted in an artistic mess. Of course, without that belt properly oriented, whatever the apparatus was supposed to operate, will be non-functiona...

{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...