On gun control: safe practice, as well as policy
On gun control: safe practice, as well as policy | By the Rev. William “Bo” Bryan, Jr.
The Rev. William "Bo" Bryan, Jr. of Prosser...
Religion is supposed to bind us together; don’t use it to cast others out
"What religious tie binds/blinds you to persons you don’t agree with, or you negatively, harshly judge?"
Rev. Paul Graves wrestles with the polarizing effect of religion in culture today, noting how it is better purposed to bind us together.
Journeys: “…together we can do what we cannot do alone.”
Amory Peck and Joan Holms are pictured at the 2012 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference.
Journeys | By Joan Holms
I find that I have many more...
Is the Bible True?
"Believing that we hold the “one true” understanding of faith engenders a self-righteousness that allows us to dismiss any and all who would challenge our claim of orthodoxy," writes the Rev. Kelly Dahlman-Oeth in a reflection on what it means to say that the Bible is true. "Such certainty can be as self-comforting as it is divisive."
Elders: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…
Portrait of artist Henry Moore, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Nurturing Elders and Others:
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
By the Rev. Paul Graves | Photo courtesy of...
The Final Illusion of Control
Nurturing Elders and Others: The Final Illusion of Control
By The Rev. Paul Graves
My guess is that within the last six months, every person reading...
Silence has many faces
"As I watched immigrant children sitting silent in cages on our southern borders, I could only imagine what grief and fear their silence betrayed," writes the Rev. Paul Graves in a letter to his grandkids. In his message Graves considers the power of sacred silence, both in times where it is a reprieve to a noisy world and in moments where it is an alternative to a silence born in fear.
When the ordinary becomes art
By Rev. Paul Graves
For his regular column in the Spokesman-Review, Rev. Paul Graves will occasionally use the format of a letter to his grandchildren....
We are compassionate people with a passion for action!
By Rosalee Mohney | Photos by Jesse N. Love
“I’m doing volunteer work because I wasn’t able to say ‘no.’ I’m called to do certain things...
Welcoming the Stranger Pt. 2: Do Not Be Bound by the Past
By the Rev. Keith Hackett | Photos by Jesse N. Love
Since retiring three years ago Joan and I have been visiting a variety of...
