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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.

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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

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President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club 2025-26

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Recent writing.

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The sandhill cranes arrived in Chicago; a powerful spiritual sign

For so long, these cranes have been seen by Indigenous Americans as spiritual messengers, symbols of longevity and profound transformation.

Lessons of Fat Bear Week

In a world that measures worth by busyness, it is striking to see a creature of the wild, made for survival, strength, and constant motion, simply sit and gaze.

‘Fried Green Tomatoes’ embodies my own complicated faith and theology

This 1991 film about friendship, food, and small-town Alabama perfectly shows the kind of Christian love that shapes my faith, despite its complex background spanning different spiritual traditions through the generations in my family in the far-off Ilocos and Hawaii.