Facing the past ghosts and paths to healing
A reflective piece compares the Kavanaugh Ford hearing to ghostly trauma from the past. It discusses how painful memories resurface through dreams and songs, and notes therapy, clergy, and forgiveness as routes to healing, citing Christian confession as a source of release from old wounds.
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Brett Kavanaugh
Christine Blasey Ford
Judge Kavanaugh
Dr. Ford
Kavanaugh
Ford
William Faulkner
Episcopal Church
Shadow and forgiveness in a community confession
The column reflects on sin, forgiveness, and confession in religious practice, tracing ideas from the confessional prayers to Jung’s shadow concept. It discusses confronting past hurts, taking responsibility, and the liberating power of truth, forgiveness, and reconciliation with God and others. Henry Idema of Grand Haven is listed with contact.
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Jesus Christ
Carl Jung
Church
Jung
Jesus
God
Lots 2 Love celebrates National School Lunch Week
Tracey Ritchie of Earth Day Network notes NSLP's impact since 1945, highlighting bipartisan support, daily meals for about 30 million children, and shifts to fruits vegetables plant based options. Emphasizes healthier guidelines, Meatless Mondays, and environmental benefits shaping future school meals.
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U.S
Lewis B. Hershey
House Agriculture Committee
National
Earth Day Network
USDA
Climate change shift urged to plant based diet by Nature experts
Readers urged to adopt vegetables fruits and grains as meat and dairy shrink, citing a Nature panel of 23 climate scientists linking animal agriculture to emissions and land and water use. The letter aligns with UN IPCC warnings and 2010 data on agriculture’s environmental impact.
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Florence
Michael
Nature
United Nations Intergovernmental Panel On
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