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Living & Growing: Spiritual direction

A brief explanation of spiritual direction as I practice it.

  • Jan 5, 2023
  • By Tim Spengler
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Thank you letter for the week of Jan. 1.

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

  • Jan 1, 2023
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Recognitions for the week of Jan. 1, 2023

Juneau students achieved academic honors.

  • Jan 1, 2023
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Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)

Coming Out: Pronouns and antecedents

Why would anyone deliberately refuse to call someone by their right name and their chosen pronouns?

  • Dec 30, 2022
  • By Jane Hale
Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)
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Living & Growing: Joy to the World

One of the most beloved traditions of Christmas is singing Christmas carols.

  • Dec 29, 2022
  • By Tim Harrison
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Thank you letters for the week of Dec. 25

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

  • Dec 25, 2022
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Juneau residents, Paul and Lorilyn Swanson celebrate 60 years of marriage on Dec. 28.

Paul and Lorilyn Swanson celebrate 60th anniversary

Juneau residents, Paul and Lorilyn Swanson celebrate 60 years of marriage on Dec. 28. In 1962, the Swansons married at Calvary Presbyterian in Enumclaw, Washington,… Continue reading

  • Dec 24, 2022
Juneau residents, Paul and Lorilyn Swanson celebrate 60 years of marriage on Dec. 28.
"Break out that old menorah and put on your dreidel-spinning shoes," writes Geoff Kirsch. "For eight nights you’re going to party like it’s 165 BCE!" (Dad Grass / Unsplash)

Slack Tide: Great Alaskan Hanukkah or ‘Alaskanukkah’

You didn’t move all the way from New York to Alaska to reconnect with Judaism. And yet here you are, engaged in that time-honored Jewish… Continue reading

"Break out that old menorah and put on your dreidel-spinning shoes," writes Geoff Kirsch. "For eight nights you’re going to party like it’s 165 BCE!" (Dad Grass / Unsplash)
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Gimme a Smile: Get into the holiday spirit…of competition

Some see the holidays as a peaceful time to spend with loved ones — others thrive on competition.

  • Dec 23, 2022
  • By Peggy McKee Barnhill
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Living & Growing: A profound Christmas

We can be a profound moment in someone’s life.

  • Dec 22, 2022
  • By Gina Halverson
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This photo shows Jane Hale on a Paris morning. (Courtesy Photo)

Coming Out: A little winter-love in a dark corner

You can’t just see a painting. You have to let the painting see you.

  • Dec 17, 2022
  • By Jane Hale
This photo shows Jane Hale on a Paris morning. (Courtesy Photo)
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More than 75 people joined together at St. Paul Catholic Church to celebrate the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe this past Sunday evening.

Juneau Hispanic community celebrates the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe

It’s the group’s first time hosting the event in Juneau

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More than 75 people joined together at St. Paul Catholic Church to celebrate the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe this past Sunday evening.
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Living & Growing: Celebrating 8 years of consolation from God

On Wednesday, Dec. 14, The Light of the World members around the globe celebrated eight years of the apostolic ministry of the Apostle Naasón Joaquín… Continue reading

  • Dec 15, 2022
  • By Joab Cano
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This photo available under a Creative Commons license shows several bottles of ranch dressing, which Geoff Kirsch notes "traditional ranch is quintessentially American, like baseball, jazz and the 64-ounce Double Big Gulp." (Mike Mozart / Flickr)

Slack Tide: Ranchin’ Out

“Bring me my ranch dressing hose!”

This photo available under a Creative Commons license shows several bottles of ranch dressing, which Geoff Kirsch notes "traditional ranch is quintessentially American, like baseball, jazz and the 64-ounce Double Big Gulp." (Mike Mozart / Flickr)
Laura Rorem (Courtesy Photo)

Living and Growing: Listen to the message of peace, love, joy and hope

Listen and silent are spelled with the same letters. Think about that!

  • Dec 8, 2022
  • By Laura Rorem
Laura Rorem (Courtesy Photo)
Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)

Opinion: The new womanly man

I saw the ghost of James Joyce. Well, I didn’t actually see the Irish writer’s ghost, but he was there, to be sure, leaning on… Continue reading

  • Dec 2, 2022
  • By Jane Hale
Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)
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Living & Growing: Share light this season

Reach out beyond your typical day and look for ways to serve others.

  • Dec 1, 2022
  • By Donna Leigh
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This photo shows a bowl of popcorn. "I love popcorn. When I play those ice-breaker games where you introduce yourself and name a favorite food, I always say, 'Peggy, popcorn.' writes Peggy McKee Barnhills. "It has a pleasing alliteration, making it easy for people to remember my name. Plus, it’s the truth. I love popcorn." (Georgia Vagim / Unsplash)

Gimme a Smile: You are what you eat — an ode to popcorn

You are what you eat. I am popcorn.

  • Nov 26, 2022
  • By Peggy McKee Barnhill
This photo shows a bowl of popcorn. "I love popcorn. When I play those ice-breaker games where you introduce yourself and name a favorite food, I always say, 'Peggy, popcorn.' writes Peggy McKee Barnhills. "It has a pleasing alliteration, making it easy for people to remember my name. Plus, it’s the truth. I love popcorn." (Georgia Vagim / Unsplash)
Kirby Day shakes hands with City and Borough of Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon at the Monday night Assembly meeting. Day was awarded a special recognition for his work administrating the city’s Tourism Best Management Practices program. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

Assembly honors Kirby Day, Gastineau landslide geologists

Day steps down from his positions with Tourism Best Management Practices after 25 years

Kirby Day shakes hands with City and Borough of Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon at the Monday night Assembly meeting. Day was awarded a special recognition for his work administrating the city’s Tourism Best Management Practices program. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)
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Honoring the work and legacy of Sol Neely

Our university community is forever impoverished by his walking into the interior…

  • Nov 19, 2022
  • By UAS humanities faculty
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