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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

Courtesy / Delores Gonzalez 
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.
Joab Cano

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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Coming Out: Making philosophy

Philosophy is biography, nothing more.

  • Nov 18, 2022
  • Jane Hale
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Living & Growing: What is gratitude?

Let us reflect during these days on this virtue of gratitude

  • Nov 17, 2022
  • By Joab Cano
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Thank you letter for the week of Nov. 13

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

  • Nov 13, 2022
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"My whole life it’s been all binge, no purge. And so I don’t have 'dad' bod so much as 'double' dad bod." writes Geoff Kirsch. (Diana Polekhina / Unsplash)

Slack Tide: Double dad bod

Sometimes I need a good ribbing — even if I can no longer see my ribs.

  • Nov 12, 2022
  • By Geoff Kirsch
"My whole life it’s been all binge, no purge. And so I don’t have 'dad' bod so much as 'double' dad bod." writes Geoff Kirsch. (Diana Polekhina / Unsplash)
This photo shows Fireweed Award winners Gina Heffern, Gretchen Glaspy and Laura McDermott. (Courtesy Photo)

Hospital announces first recipients of Fireweed Award

Award recognizes exceptional care and service to the community.

  • Nov 11, 2022
  • Juneau Empire
This photo shows Fireweed Award winners Gina Heffern, Gretchen Glaspy and Laura McDermott. (Courtesy Photo)
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Living & Growing: Inner vision

“Our inner vision is what will protect us.”

  • Nov 10, 2022
  • By Page Bridges
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Living & Growing: Don’t you know who I am?

Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2022
  • By Guy Crockroft
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Thank you letter for the week of Oct.30

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

  • Oct 30, 2022
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"I have a close relationship with my computer. I’ll call her Betty, as long as when she calls me, she doesn’t call me Al," writes Peggy McKee Barnhill.(Peggy Mckee Barnhill / For the Juneau Empire)

Gimme a Smile: My computer—my BFF

Let me tell you about my best friend…

"I have a close relationship with my computer. I’ll call her Betty, as long as when she calls me, she doesn’t call me Al," writes Peggy McKee Barnhill.(Peggy Mckee Barnhill / For the Juneau Empire)