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Living and Growing: You are not alone
Those words can pull us back toward hope, especially when we’ve just heard painful news.
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Living and Growing: Gracious, gentle power
Gracious power is grace expressed with kindness and mercy.
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Living and Growing: I Wonder as I Wander
The Rev. Tim Harrison reflects on the Christmas season.
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Living and Growing: Psalm 30, Ouroboros, the dragon of fear and love.
Psalm 30:6 Weeping may spend the night, but joy comes in the morning.
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Living and Growing: ‘Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God’
So says Matthew 5:9, one of the beatitudes of Jesus
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Living and Growing: What makes a saint?
A commonality among saints is that they are completely committed.
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Living and Growing: Touch grass … and people, too
We all need to step back from the virtual world and its endless echo chambers
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Living and Growing: The paradox of freedom
Religion teaches that spiritual freedom is found not in the rejection of all limits, but in choosing the…
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Living and Growing: Medjugorje
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the King of kings, the Creator of this universe, entrusted Himself to…
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From whispers in Kiev to shofar blasts in Juneau
Certainly, one would not refuse an offer of such a sincere blessing
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Living and Growing: Consistency — An underrated quality
How did “Steady Eddie” do it? By working hard and being consistent.
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Living and Growing: What’s coloring your view?
The world around me hadn’t changed — only my vision had
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Living and Growing: Our green oasis
We have lost so many of our beloved spots in recent years that it would create too much…
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Living and Growing: Our Father
Tatay taught us, mostly, not by words, but by how he lived his life
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Living and Growing: Keeping a faith that makes our hearts bigger
Art, ideas or politics aren’t Christian because they quote the Bible or use Christian symbols.
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Living and Growing: Historic Russian-American icons receive 1st restoration in 130 years
When that rare Juneau sunlight hit the canvas, St. Nicholas came to life, and swam in it
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Living and Growing: Speaking our values with action
Service changes when there is a relationship involved
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Living and Growing: Love
Do you remember the movie “The Ten Commandments?” I was in high school when I first watched it.…
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Living and Growing: Saints among us
Lately, I have been thinking about an amazing woman who lived in Juneau many years ago. Her name…
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Living and Growing: Welcoming all
How should we be living our lives? What can we do to make them more meaningful? How will…