Doubling Down On Hope

There is a communal clergy thread right now processing a faith response to the active shooter hoax that put the Ashland schools and hospital into lockdown on October 20. Know that if you were terrorized or traumatized by this day, you are not alone. There were at...

Autumn Greetings to You!

As colors of autumn appear, I am reminded that change can be beautiful. Even change that includes discomfort and loss, that ushers in a new season of longer nights and colder mornings, may bring gifts and perspective. Letting go can be gentle, like a falling leaf that...

Each year, it feels summer goes too fast. Then the last two weeks of August arrive, and time for another swim, another visitor, another picnic, and all those fresh veggies at farmer’s markets—and, it’s not too much, not too little; it’s just enough. As the Chequamegon...

Thank You!

Thank you. Thank you for an amazing 2021-2022 service year. We started again on the shores of Long Lake, sharing stories of connections to water. Our services moved up and down the shore of Chequamegon Bay, going virtual as needed, ending at The Club in Washburn for...

April 2022

In early March, I received a belated graduation gift from my family: a trip to Snow Lodge in Yellowstone National Park. I honestly had no idea what I was getting into. Yellowstone is approximately 60 miles long by 50 miles wide, or almost 3500 square miles. And in...