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Living and Growing: What Child is This?
Christmas is almost here! Of course, it’s been Christmas at Costco and Home Depot for months. As a…
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Living and Growing: Interfaith support of menorah shows ‘we are all brothers and sisters in humanity’
I belong to a book club. We meet once a month via Zoom, not a holdover from the…
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A visionary celebration for Juneau’s Hispanic community
Church celebrates Mexico’s Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe with Mass, play and food.
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Living and Growing: Faithful aging
“GOD put me on Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I’m so far behind…
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Living and Growing: Heartbreak Hill
Trying to write about beauty and our need for it is hard. Here is a poet’s effort to…
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Living and Growing: Give thanks with a grateful heart
Happy Thanksgiving! Once again we celebrate what is a distinctively American holiday, instituted by our government almost from…
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Living and Growing: Be thankful for the opportunity to care for ‘Others’
As Thanksgiving quickly approaches, we are reminded of the importance of being thankful. If you are feeling low…
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Living and Growing: “All lanes lead to all gates”
Some time ago I was standing in a long security line at Chicago’s Midway airport. Above the crowd…
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Living and Growing: Light and beauty
October is the start of fall festivities, it ushers in Halloween, Thanksgiving and then Christmas, along with Alaska…
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Living and Growing: An ancient history of meditation in the Christian tradition
St. Paul encourages us to “not be anxious about anything.” But how to attain such peace in our…
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Living and Growing: Impossible to possible
Some of the greatest moments in life get branded into our memories: Branded Moments
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Living and Growing: The Holy Rosary — our spiritual sword
Do you have a favorite song that brings back to your heart precious events in your life that…
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Living and Growing: ‘UBUNTU: I am because we are’
Ironic. As I received the 1998 Parent of the Year Award for my outstanding contributions to children’s mental…
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Living and Growing: Embracing Tohu V’vohu — Creation Amidst Chaos
Over the course of the past year, during which I have served as the student rabbi of Juneau’s…
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Living and Growing: Rúhíyyih Khánum, Hand of the Cause of God
Living in Juneau I would like to take a moment to acknowledge that we are on the traditional…
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Living and Growing: Coping with anger, shock and despair after a loss
The last several Living and Growing columns have included reflections about death, dying and grieving. Acknowledging that we…
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Living and Growing: Giving space for grief is healthy and grounded
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” — Ecclesiastes 3
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Living and Growing: At hospice we have an answer to Barbie’s tough question
My favorite part of the blockbuster movie “Barbie” is when the first big pink dance number is in…
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Living and Growing: Alaska’s renewed spiritual journey — from the northern lights to Guadalajara
Under the mesmerizing dance of the northern lights, Alaskans have always forged profound connections — with nature, with…
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Living and Growing: Being healthy physically, mentally and spiritually
Moving to Juneau about nine months ago, I began a journey back to Alaska and health. I started…