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Faith & Facts: Peacebuilding

Our final class of our Lenten session was on Peacebuilding.  We were very moved by both the need of forgiveness as part of peacebuilding and the intersectionality of peacebuilding. It was fitting to explore peace as we remembered Christ coming on a peaceable donkey...

Faith & Facts: Criminal Justice Reform

This week we explored Criminal Justice Reform.  We told stories of our own experiences with the criminal justice system.  Rhonda spent years leading groups and teaching bibles studies within the federal prison system with groups from her churches in the midwest.  I...

Faith & Facts: Domestic Violence

This week was session 2 of ou Lenten Class. We are using the Faith & Facts Cards from the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society. Today we focused on domestic violence.  I taught today and it was wonderful to begin with this deep sense of biblical...

Faith & Facts: Clean Water

Today launched our first Tuesday class of our lent series. We are using the Faith & Facts Cards from the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society. Today we focused on clean water. The first section of class we read bible passages related to water. We...

Lent Begins

This week we begin the season of Lent.  This is a time of reflection and austerity. We purposely take on self-denial as a spiritual practice in this season. This strengthens our spirits and souls for the hard times of life and helps us to focus in on love and healing....

Self Care 101

Yesterday I was super sad and I could not figure out why. This was a different kind of sad than just grief and gray skies. Then I realized I hadn’t eaten lunch. As soon as I ate lunch I felt so much better. This made me think about the basics of self-care....