“These are people!”
I was asked to submit a blog entry for Mennonite Church USA’s Learn, Pray, Join initiative focused on immigrant justice. This was my submission: ——————— “These are people!” This was a favorite phrase of my friend Ruben Castilla Herrera. He had heard it from his mentor Cesar Chavez with whom…
Daily Connector | My Present Reality | Michele Dicke
When my neighbor Roy was placed into an emergency vehicle Thursday for transport to the ER, I went to console his partner, who assured me Roy’s condition was not life threatening but required some medical treatment. We then discussed that, in our neck of the woods, if your loved one…
Daily Connector | Observations from my Fair Weather Neighbors| Jim Myers
When I wrote about the birds nesting above my front door, there was polite doubt expressed about them being some kind of swallow. The white eggs (not included in the Connector story), for one, did not fit. Based on others observations and reading and listening, I now believe they were…
Marriage and ‘what is real’
Marriage rests upon the immutable givens that compose it: words, bodies, characters, histories, places. Some wishes cannot succeed; some victories cannot be won; some loneliness is incorrigible. But there is relief and freedom in knowing what is real; these givens come to us out of the perennial reality of the…
Daily Connector | Summertime | Jerry Nussbaum
I’m grateful for summertime. I look forward to an annual visit to the shores of Lake Superior for time to sit and watch the setting sun across the water. Attached I am sharing a picture of the lovely pebbled shore as the sun sets on the horizon. These shores have…
