Unity

[printprofilepic]I spent much of my young life embraced in the arms of community theatre. I loved every bit of it, loved rehearsing and painting and palling around with people three times my age (I swear I had more adult friends than friends my own age by the time I was in junior high). I loved . . . → Read More: Unity

Service

[printprofilepic]I was a Boy Scout for several years in my youth. The Scouts and I weren’t the best fit, but I made it up to the rank of Star – a disagreement with my Scoutmaster over whether or not I’d actually completed the requirements for Life would be my excuse for eventually taking my ball . . . → Read More: Service

Welcome to a World of Unconditional Love

[printprofilepic]I became a dog person recently. This is a major life change for me. I spent most of my life, up through early adulthood, being wary of, if not downright terrified of dogs (an unfortunate schoolyard encounter at the age of five between a beagle’s jaw and my own posterior is to blame for this . . . → Read More: Welcome to a World of Unconditional Love

Justice

[printprofilepic]Happy New Year to you all!

Take a moment to read our shared story for this month [in the Voice].

January is the natural choice for a month to tackle the subject of justice. The Martin Luther King weekend affords us the opportunity to both reexamine King’s legacy of justice work in this country, and . . . → Read More: Justice

Compassion

[printprofilepic]“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don’t want . . . → Read More: Compassion