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Calendar.
March 3-6. Presbyterian Church (USA) campus. Louisville, Ky.
June 22-July 2. 227th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Milwaukee, Wis.
August 30. Speaker. Fourth Presbyterian Church. Chicago, Ill.
October 6-21. Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Gerry marches against gun violence in Milwaukee as Commissioner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
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Recent reading.
Did you know? Gerry reads every single day for at least one hour. Like Gerry, you can borrow ebooks from your local public library. And support independent booksellers by going to Bookshop.org.
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The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
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Sea People by Christina Thompson
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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
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Death in the Haymarket by James Green
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Above the Salt by Katherine Vaz
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The Life of Herod the Great by Zora Neale Hurston
President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club 2025-26
Recent writing.
A Lei Story: An intentional craft pushes against the tide of colonial capitalism
Coming home to Honolulu after a quarter century away, a local expat reflects on how forty-dollar price tags and mass-produced imports have transformed the sacred tradition of the lei—and the master artisans still keeping real craftsmanship alive.
The ghosts of old Honolulu in my old fashioned ahi poke
Returning to Oahu means navigating rising glass towers and elevated train construction, but a simple container of classic ahi poke still holds the soul of the islands.
Beyond the Souvenir Rack: Why a Hawaiian name is woven into Creation itself
A Hawaiian name is never just a translation or a souvenir. It is a sacred thread connecting us to the land, the sea, and the ancient stories of the islands.
The sacrament of saimin broth
Coming home to Oahu means more than just escaping the fall Chicago chill. It means gathering over a piping hot bowl of plantation saimin and remembering the laborers whose survival forged a culture.
The Queen Ka`ahumanu Bible and the heavy ledger of grace
Standing before a historic Bible at the Bishop Museum stirs complex questions of faith, cultural loss, and the Presbyterian roots woven into Hawaii’s past.
Whales, gods, and the Bishop Museum after dark
Escaping family stress for a night at the museum turns into a deep dive through ancient gods, whaling ghosts, and the modern Honolulu skyline.
Why May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii
The tradition of Lei Day started back in the late 1920s because of a guy named Don Blanding. He was a poet who wrote for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin daily newspaper and realized that while everyone else in the world was doing May Day with maypoles and ribbons, Hawaii had something much better to celebrate.
I don’t often tell people why I really return to Hawaii once or twice a year
The weather itself has been a poetic illustration of this internal state: an alternating mix of sunshine and rain, both falling simultaneously from a half-blue sky.
Sugar and Soil: How a U.S. Census map connects my Hawaii Ilocano forefathers with Germans
It is a simple map of white ethnic ancestry, but it holds a mirror to the broader story of America.
Colonized by America: Fourth of July is an insult to many
On July 4, 1946, the U.S. officially recognized the independence of the Philippines after nearly 50 years of American rule.
Shadows of my heritage as I walked Argyle on the Third of July
I took in the scene, and suddenly, I saw not just the present but the past.
I am endorsing Hoan Huynh for Congress in the Illinois ninth district
This endorsement is personal and not in my capacity as an officer of any civic organizations, publisher and writer of any publications, director of a social service provider, elder of a Church.
Look to Hawaii for hard lessons on U.S. oligarchy, apartheid
Being born and raised in Hawaii, I couldn’t escape the fact that I was born in the waning shadows of a very American brand of apartheid.
Reconciling my indigenous beliefs with being a Church presbyter
My ancestors were told that their gods, their rituals, their ways of relating to the land were evil—and they were punished for honoring them.
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