Queries: What did you need that you didn’t get? Why didn’t you get that? What was that like? Can anything be done? What do you need that you aren’t getting? Why aren’t you getting that? What’s that like? Can anything be done ..read more

Queries: What part of this scripture do I most find myself chewing on today? How am I nurturing Love within myself? How am I helping nurture Love in others? What do I feel invited to do? What do I feel invited to become ..read more

Queries: What are some difficult but important teachings of Jesus? What makes them difficult? What other teachings–spiritual or not, ancient or contemporary–are difficult to accept, even if they are the truth and guidance we need ..read more

Jazmin Miller is a healthcare chaplain, thriving childless cat lady, and a Portland enthusiast. She has been part of Camas Friends since 2018 and is grateful to have a spiritual home that is supportive of her interfaith work. Jazmin enjoys trying out new things, like karaoke and Pickleball, and also enjoys hiking and reading. Her favorite book is East of Eden and she’s reading it again this summer ..read more

Queries: What important work am I doing? What is sustaining me in this work? How can I provide sustenance to others, in the work they are doing? What “bread” do I need for my journey? What even is my journey ..read more

What can a person do to repair the harm they have caused? How can we center the victims/survivors of harm in our apologies? What is the best way to speak truth to power? To one another? Am I being honest with myself about my mistakes and growth areas? How can we steward what power we have to help, not to harm ..read more

Queries: What is most striking, to me, about Paul’s words? (Eph 3:14-21) What is true of my (or our) spirituality? How do I experience reverence, connection, power, indwelling presence, Love, understanding, limits, movement, and hope? As I reflect on my own “experience of conscious involvement in the project of life-integration through self-transcendence toward the horizon of ultimate value (I) perceive,” what do I notice ..read more

Queries: What are issues I need to address? What strength and tools do I have to use? How can I support others, the planet, and myself to heal ..read more

Jeremiah 23:1-6 Click HERE to view the full manuscript. Jeremiah 23:1-6 (NRSV): 1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. 2 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord. 3 Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and ..read more

Isaiah 58:9b-12 Isaiah 58:9b-12 (NRSV): If you remove the yoke from among you,     the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, 10 if you offer your food to the hungry     and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness     and your gloom be like the noonday. 11 (God) will guide you continually     and satisfy your needs in parched places     and make your bones strong, and you shall be like a watered garden,     like a spring of water ..read more