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10 Shows That Aren’t For Everyone but Might Be For You

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

It happens quite often that I end up loving a show that I won’t recommend to everyone.  Because it is particularly gory, explicit, or just plain weird, or really heavy in one genre (esp sci-fi or fantasy) that some people … Continue reading →

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How We Tell The Story: A Hanukkah Reflection

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Part 1 I have a story for you. It’s just one story.  But told in three different ways.  Here’s the first telling:  Imagine you are living in a time with the reign of a narcissistic dictator who refused to concede … Continue reading →

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Love Incarnate, Christmas Eve – 2019

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

A Buddhist teacher I had in seminary used to challenge my fellow students, who were mostly mainline Christians, by asking: why is Christianity so impossible?  What he meant was – The Buddha is just a human.  So anyone can be like the Buddha.  But … Continue reading →

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The Next Right Thing

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading – from Glennon Doyle – “A list of 5 things I know”  1. What you don’t know, you’re not supposed to know yet. 2. More will be revealed. 3. Crisis means to sift. Let it all fall away and you’ll … Continue reading →

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Invisible Partners

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

We had been hiking straight up hill for nearly two hours.  Unlike the day before, it was sunny, not raining – but the remnants of the rain were everywhere – mud, and deep crevices along the trail, trees fallen along … Continue reading →

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The Courage of Faith, and Doubt

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading – from “Faith and Doubt” in Paul Tillich’s Dynamics of Faith An act of faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by and turned to the infinite. It is a finite act with all the … Continue reading →

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Courageous Love

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

In my life, the earliest example I remember of what I would call courageous love was from Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen. Archbishop Hunthausen was the Archbishop of Seattle from when I was born until I was 15. Since I grew up, … Continue reading →

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Have you heard the laughter?

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Poem: Heavy by Mary Oliver Comedian Patton Oswald’s wife died suddenly this past spring, at the age of 46.  As he told the New York Times recently, she’d been having trouble sleeping. One night, she gave in and took some … Continue reading →

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