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Living and Growing: 10 things you can do to be happy
What is happiness? What makes you happy? Can you increase your happiness? These are very interesting and current…
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Living and Growing: Environmental stewardship — a Baha’i perspective
To begin, I would like to take a moment to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory…
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Living and Growing: After the flood
It is Ordinary Time, the Season of Increase, the Season of Creation.
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Living and Growing: A life hack for happiness in a flooding river of change
Fall is upon us and with it change. School is starting, leaves are changing colors, schedules change and…
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Living and Growing: The Eucharist
If you hear about a place where the purest and most precious gem is given free of charge,…
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Living and Growing: Forgiveness
Has someone you deeply care about and trust done something that hurt you so much that you almost…
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Living and Growing: For the healing of the world
“Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He…
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Living and Growing: Healing divisions and promoting unity
When we look around us it is not difficult to miss the many divisions and conflicts that exist…
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Bishop says Resurrection Lutheran Church’s pastor and president were legally removed; they disagree
Karen Perkins and Karen Lawfer say they will stay at positions, matter should be resolved in court.
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Living and Growing: Lessons in compassion
After recently traveling to Lesvos, Greece with Shepherd of the Valley I gained a new appreciation for refugees…
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Lawsuit: Resurrection Lutheran Church leaders have been ousted, clarity in ‘ministerial work’ needed
Pastor Karen Perkins, two others targeted in long-brewing feud at church known for helping homeless.
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Living and Growing: Your story matters
Have you ever noticed on social media how most posts seem glamorous? A friend goes on a beautiful…
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Living and Growing: The silence of God and the language of creation
“There is one God who revealed Himself through Jesus Christ His Son, who is His Word which came…
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Living and Growing: Mixtape for the nation
The world would be a little more beautiful if we still shared mixtapes. If you don’t know what…
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Living and Growing: Not a single bug
I just read a great shocking and informative article about our treatment of creation. A photo of a…
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Living and Growing: Empowering youth through service — the Baha’i Junior Youth Group in our community
We would like to take a moment to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of the…
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Living and Growing: Small things
Have you ever had a small pebble in your shoe? Very irritating, that one small pebble. Have you…
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Living and Growing: A new Alaskan saint
“God is wonderful in His saints: the God of Israel is He who will give power and strength…
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Living and Growing: ‘My name is Ahtowena’
My precocious two-year old broke loose from my grip and took off toward the road. Panicked, I yelled,…
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Living and Growing: Connecting to family ancestors through names of strangers on a wall in Prague
“Prague never lets you go…this dear little mother has sharp claws.” — Franz Kafka