What's encouraging you these days? What's keeping your spirits up? We'll post new bits of encouragement from us and you.
Please Note: This is our third Bits of Encouragement page. If you'd like to visit the two previous pages, go to https://menucha.org/bits-of-encouragement and https://menucha.org/bits-of-encouragement-starting-april-19
As before, we'll just keep adding new items to this top area of the page, so you'll be able to scroll down and see past posts.
Send your inspiring stories of hope, compassion and care.
Pictures. Poetry. Art. Songs.
If it's somebody else's work, please be sure to note the author/composer/source when submitting
https://youtu.be/uPpNvtlvbpA
Musings on Community & Solitude in Mid-Pandemic• As COVID-19 compels us to live at social distance—and we realize how...
Posted by Parker J. Palmer on Monday, July 27, 2020
a 14 year old’s song about the current times…
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-_XNN8B9vD/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
(from "Imaging the Word: an arts and lectionary resource, volume 1"
Good News from Around the World is a Click Away
Portland man collects feel-good stories for new map, website
Tom Hallman Jr. writes in the May 29, 2020 Oregonian/OregonLive, "Worn out from the onslaught of bad news in the era of COVID-19, a Portland man set out to scour the world for good stories that lifted his spirits.
Over the past few months, he’s found them and then created a website that features nothing but good news from places as far away as Mongolia, China and Angola." Visit this good news website: https://oneworld-stories.org/
Looking forward to coming back to the Columbia River Gorge? Enjoy coloring? (try it, it's not just for kids and yes, you can color outside of the lines if you want).
East Multnomah County Soil & Water Conservation District made available a downloadable and printable book.
Enjoy the creativity of it.
Humpback Whales Have Made a Remarkable Recovery, Giving Us Hope for the Planet
In the depths of the ocean, and out of sight for most of us, there’s a quiet miracle happening.
Article points out whale recovery is good news for whales (of course) and also economically and environmentally.
The Simple Joy of Goin’ on a Picnic
A Special Performance of Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog
Take in this Gorgeous View
Want more encouragement? Go to our previous pages
- March 17-April 18: https://menucha.org/bits-of-encouragement
- April 19-May 18: https://menucha.org/bits-of-encouragement-starting-april-19