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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.
Announcements.
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Gerry marches against gun violence in Milwaukee as Commissioner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Gerry is a proud member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Chicago Headline Club.
Gerry is a proud monthly financial contributor to WBEZ. Please support local independent journalism.
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.
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.
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.
Book Group: ‘Molokai’ by Alan Brennert
I have attached three book group discussion guides below. One is for a faith context. The other is secular. And the third is for an LGBTQ book group and HIV/AIDS-focused study.
Did you know? Spain had one Filipino prime minister
From the chaos of revolutions and political upheavals, Marcelo Azcárraga rose swiftly through the Spanish ranks.
Did you know? Congressmen considered angling the Philippines toward U.S. statehood
The Philippine–American War is often sanitized in U.S. history books, but it stands as a brutal reminder of the cost of empire.
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