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Holidays
Happy New Year. Honestly I would not have know it was New Years Eve if not for Facebook. The work we do does not stop for Holidays. The dusting to an inch of snow ended up as 8+ inches. The day started at 11 degrees and dropped through the day. Right now it is negative […]
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Brrrrr
Winter is hitting with a vengeance tomorrow. We are on a wind chill advisory tomorrow night with lows below zero and wind chills as low as 30 below. Brrrrr. At the Center we will be doing our best to help people stay warm. We deal with cold in a number of ways. Tomorrow we will […]
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Rest!
I need a nap. One of the hardest things with this call is giving myself permission to rest. To take time off. To give myself a break. With so much hurt, pain and need calling me every day I struggle to realize that I CANNOT take care of everything. That no matter how hard I […]
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Corn Dogs and Cheese Curds
I have travelled for work for years. I have covered at various times Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kansas, and Nebraska. I have eaten in every type of restaurant, diner, drive-in and dive you can name. For 30+ years I worked out of my car. I had learned to carry a […]
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How I got here, Pt 1
Almost 4 years ago I came to Pine Ridge for a J-Term class (January Class for Seminary). Honestly, I chose the class because it fulfilled my cross cultural requirement and it was a low cost option. ( I was trying to come out of seminary with as little debt as I could.) Like many of […]
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Merry Christmas
Christmas 2021. In a first for me I preached at 2 different churches last night. Both were Episcopalian churches. Holy Cross on the property I live worshiped at 5 pm and I was thrilled to have 40+ people in attendance. In a change of pace we actually had people arrive before worship time. Indian time […]
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What this is about!
Greetings from Pine Ridge South Dakota. This blog is more of a journal for me. Who am I? I am Pastor Dan. I am a pastor on the Pine Ridge Reservation where I am the director of the Reconciliation Center. (PineridgeReconciliationcenter.org) I minister to and with the Lakota People of the Oglala Tribe. I am […]
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