Messenger (Page 27)

PJ’s Page – In July Bruce and I will head to the Deep South for two weeks of visiting with family and friends.   I go with some misgivings this year, mostly around the knowledge that we will fly into a culture that continues to make space for racism.  When I lived there, I didn’t see it as much.  My eyes were clouded to it.  It happens in ways that are so familiar that it…

PJ’s Page – I’ve given much thought lately about  what it means to be at home.  For me, home is a place of comfort and peace, in ideal circumstances, which are not always what we have, but what we hope for. In my lifetime I have lived in 27 different homes, NOT including my college years!  Career and life circumstances have always meant that I was in a highly mobile…

PJ’s Page – Finally!  There is hard, scientific evidence that attending worship in a faith community is actually good for your health!  Researcher and author Dan Buettner is reporting that attending worship services in your church community four times a month can add up to 14 additional years in your life.   If this is true, I will live forever. I am the daughter of…