Why Dave Haven chose to participate in the Living Into Inclusivity dialogues
“Bend Me, Shape Me’ was a popular song released in 1967 sung by the group “The American Breed.” It speaks of a man willing to be bent and shaped by the woman he loves. ...
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Why Sheila Marie chose to participate in the Living Into Inclusivity dialogues
I grew up in rural Minnesota with the understanding that each of us is called to give freely and fully of the gifts we are given. For me, that translated to 30 years as...
Why James Aalgaard chose to participate in the Living Into Inclusivity dialogue
“Is that the room with the quad?” My brother Nathan’s hospital bed earlier this year eventually became his own death bed. Nathan died March 31st. He had been quadriplegic since the age of seventeen...
Why Thom Nees chose to participate in the Living Into Inclusivity dialogues
My name is Thom Nees and I was born in Pasadena, CA in 1964 which was the end of the line for the Boomer generation. I was born into the Wesleyan Methodist Church tradition....
Young woman with local ties wins national recognition for work to save penguins
A young woman with deep connections to the Wenatchee Valley, Zoe Gotthold, has won a prestigious national science award — the 2020 U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize — because of her work on reducing...
How David Notter discovered the healing power of classical, bluegrass music
Dr. David Notter has had a long and soulful connection with his violin and found that playing music complemented his practice as an oncologist and his growth as a human being. At times in...
Podcast episode #69: Dave Notter and the healing power of classical and bluegrass music
This is a follow-up conversation with Dr. David Notter, the retired cancerdoctor in North Central Washington and we focus on how playing music has helpedhim through some tough times and helped his patients and...
Dr. David Notter found empathy essential in helping care for cancer patients at Confluence Health
In his more than 30-year career as an oncologist, Dr. David Notter gained insights into the nature of healing, the value of community and the blessings of living in a place like the Wenatchee...
Lessons from a healer: Dr. David Notter and the power of empathy
My guest for this podcast is Dr. David Notter, a retired Wenatchee oncologist. Notter talks about the power of empathy – of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes – and the strong relationships he...
If we are to create a more perfect union, we have a lot of work to do …and it begins in our hearts and minds
If there is one virtue we Americans would use some work on, it’s empathy — a willingness to look at situations from other perspectives. And this is something that applies across the political spectrum. ...