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Jane Munk died suddenly in November 2024. Now, a couple weeks before that anniversary, some friends of Jane came to this nature center for a hike in the woods, for story-telling, for food. A couple dozen people stood around a couple tables in the conference room. “Jane curated this gathering,” Jason said. “Even though she’s […]

I’ve spent much of my time as a chaplain being afraid. “Don’t mess up” was what I told myself as I walked into the building. Because, of course, there are implications of getting things wrong. If the paperwork is filled out wrong, a body could go to the wrong funeral home. If you read the […]

Rich Dixon is back. Last time we talked about peacemaking based on one of the Beatitudes: Blessed are the peacemakers,    for they will be called children of God. I’ve learned it’s important to read scripture in context rather than cherry picking a specific verse that happens to fit my agenda. Jesus probably didn’t offer these ideas randomly, so […]

God. We are not quite ready to despair, most of us.  But some moments we come close. We come close to simply running out.  Our bodies run out. Our courage runs out. Our creativity runs out. Our love, our patience, our forgiveness. We are running out.  And there is almost nothing we read or watch […]

Rich Dixon is here again. +++ Blessed are the peacemakers – we recognize it as one of the Beatitudes, we’ve heard and read it many times. Until recently, I didn’t understand what it truly meant, or how difficult authentic peacemaking might be. I always thought peacemaking meant stopping war. Until someone pointed out that brothels […]