Dec 30, 2022 | Body & Mind Connections, Equity & Justice, Impromptu Events, Local Events
Written by Bonnie Fackre-Cochise, edited by Julie Gorham The pop-up at the Parkrose UCC was another successful event with increasingly steady volunteers emerging. A snowstorm on December 4th resulted in a slightly lower than average turnout, with 31 adults and four...
Jun 5, 2022 | Storytelling
Chapter 2. Another Gale of Laughter Beeko’s body would be whole again, and reasonably healthy in this dream realm, except for the fact that he is not himself. This oddity does not bother him. Instead he seems to identify with perfect ease as a slightly older, not so...
Jun 5, 2022 | Biblical Knowledge & Wisdom, Spiritual Growth
So, if the appearance of a serpent in the Garden of Eden is not the presence of Satan, where does the “Evil one,” first show up, and how does this appearance change or not change our view of Satan? Satan, whose designation means “Stumble,” implying a block of stone...
Jun 5, 2022 | Climate Justice, Equity & Justice, Local Events
Climate Café Update June 3rd, 2022 Megan Hanson and Bonnie Fackre “What would the world be like if we truly “loved all of Creation as ourselves”? Chef Lakita Butler asks us to ponder. How does living sustainably look, feel, smell and more to the point, what does it...
May 31, 2022 | Body & Mind Connections, Equity & Justice, Storytelling
Prologue Seventy thousand years ago, homo sapiens oozed out of Africa and out into Western Asia and Europe. Each small band that dribbled out existentially convinced that they were permanently and irreconcilably at war with all other humans, with animal life, and with...