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Beyond Borders![]()
Go forth
Because we are always going forth from somewhere![]()
Going from our homes, our childhoods
Going from our cities and countries
Going from innocence to experience to enlightenment![]()
Going into mystery and questions
Going into the desert
Getting to the other side![]()
Go forth
Leave behind the comfort and community of one place
Head into the anxiety and loneliness of another![]()
Carry with you the love and laughter of this place
And let it light your way
Carry with you the wisdom you learned
and the good memories
May they give you strength for your journey![]()
And when you have been away long enough, far enough
Done what you’d set off to do
Been there so long
That place too, starts to feel like home![]()
Come back
Come back to the one, universal
Everywhere and every when and everyone inclusive home
This beloved community of all creation
That you can never really leave![]()
By Rick Hoyt
Events this weekend at the Church.![]()
Sunday 12th July 2026.
Fran Pitt presents The Word and the Spirit.
11:00 in the Church or on Zoom.
+
14:00 - 15:00
Interfaith Group with Gareth.
This is a new venture which entails a peaceful vigil in the Peace Garden on the Hoe to show concern for the current state of the world.
For those of any faith or none.
Ask Sheila for more details.
Don't Stifle Your Bloom.![]()
Sometimes, we plan a future for ourselves that doesn't live up to our timeline.
This can be frustrating and lead to discouragement.![]()
But, because we've never endeavored to accomplish these goals before, who are we to know what the timeline is?![]()
Sometimes, we need to trust ourselves and just go along with the pace, put one foot in front of the other and trust the journey.![]()
I've always been a late bloomer, exceptionally late at that.
I look at my vegetable plants - tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers and herbs - and I just want to see what they'll become already!![]()
But the beauty is in their growth - each leaf, flower and fruit - I have to trust that they know their own timeline and will thrive accordingly.![]()
As is so with my own life and my own timeline.
I'm waiting for the flowers and the blooms and the fruit.
I've always produced.
Why would I think or imagine that I would ever fail with any season while I'm still alive?![]()
Nature always finds a way.
She is unapologetic, brave, adventurous and pure.
A tree does not ask itself if it will bear fruit as it grows.
It grows, so that it will bear fruit.![]()
Karin Cravotta![]()
Portland Oregon USA