Greetings, Friends! As I scanned the resolutions from General Convention on Saturday, I was considering what kind of resolution might be particularly appropriate for a blog during Holy Week. All the resolutions are important for us to consider before we, as the Diocese of Michigan, are asked to report on what we did with them … Continue reading Begin and End Your Day With This:
Greetings, Friends! There’s hope of spring in the air and with that comes garden planning and dreams of fresh, local produce at our weekly farmer’s market here in Hillsdale. I find it exciting to know that I can get fruit, vegetables and meat from people right in my community who have a desire to provide … Continue reading Think Locally, Act Globally
Greetings, Friends!! What a week of weather this has been! Just the other day, the high in Hillsdale reached 67 degrees and students were out in t-shirts and shorts – and this morning (Sunday) we woke up to snow. I guess this is a sure sign that it’s spring. As chair of the Resolution … Continue reading Building Intentional Communities
Greetings, Friends! It’s spring! At least it is according to the calendar – and the weather today (Saturday) seems to confirm this. Springtime for me always gets me outside looking for all the signs: buds on trees, snowdrops and crocuses, and robins finding worms in the yard. And I’ve seen them all in the last … Continue reading The Youth Climate Strike
Greetings, Friends! It’s been spring break for me at the college and, thankfully, a couple of days looked and felt as though spring might be coming! By the end of the week, though, all that had changed and the gray of winter had returned. Oh, dear. Well, while it was a bit of a break … Continue reading Instruments of Your Peace
Greetings Friends! There’s been a lot in the news this week – not the least of which for us in our Diocese was the release of the slate of candidates for our next bishop! I hope you are all reading their statements and answers to the questions posed to them by the Search and Nomination … Continue reading The New Sanctuary Movement
Greetings, Friends! If you have been a Nuts and Bolts reader for a while you will remember the many posts in which we looked at some of the ways we might support refugee resettlement in conjunction with the work of Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM). I was excited to see a new initiative from EMM that … Continue reading Advocating for Refugee Protection
