Reading Time: 3 minutes Guest Post by Jim Jackson Tuesday afternoon, August 10th, 2021: The Kaiser hospice bereavement coordinator brought me a new list with the names of people, the bereaved, who had lost a loved one six months ago while on Kaiser hospice. My volunteer job is to phone them, sort of interview them, and determine if any […]
Search results: "Jim Jackson"
Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest Post by Jim Jackson “ Don’t live the same year 88 times and call it a life.” —Robin Sharma “We accept the love we think we deserve.” —Harold Klemp Blessing: A divine favor, or something made holy (Webster’s 2nd Dictionary). 2019 was the ECK “Year of Blessings.” The year before, 2018, was the “Year of Giving.” […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Guest Post by Jim Jackson In a dream, we are on a family vacation in Hawaii. Early each morning, I walk to the store to get food and other supplies for the day. The first day we arrive, I learn a route to the store and follow it each morning.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Guest Post by Jim Jackson Looking back over the years, I am grateful to have learned how divine guidance has shaped my life and, at key moments, saved me from unimaginable harm, even death.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Guest Post by Jim Jackson The Dream: I’m at a Ukrainian hospital, what’s left of it, as two rockets hit very close by just hours before. I’m here as my true self—Soul, with no physical body to encumber me. I believe I’m here as a vehicle for Divine Spirit.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest Post by Jim Jackson In late April of 2023, I received a phone call from Marlo Rees, the wife of one of my very best friends and decade-long senior doubles tennis partner. They had sold their home in Portland and moved to Santa Barbara in mid-2021. Frank Rees had suddenly passed on shortly thereafter. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Guest Post by Jim Jackson In the summer of 2023, I had a memorable experience that was both frightening and uplifting. This took place a few days after my positive Covid test in the Marquis Newberg Rehab facility where I was undergoing treatment for my knee.
Michael Avery received a business degree from Linfield College in Oregon, where he also played shortstop on their 1971 National Championship baseball team. His post-college love of sports extended to Alpine skiing, tennis, and martial arts, earning a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. He also studied Environmental Technology, specializing in non-chemical drinking water treatment. […]