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Michele Shields

@micheleshields.bsky.social

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United Methodist Minister. Quaker. Writer. ACPE Certified Educator. Director of Spiritual Care Emerita @UCSFHealth. Married. Lives in Hawaii. Paddles canoes.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 1d

Shirred egg with herbed ricotta on a bed of cooked spinach and sourdough toast from the Halekulani Bakery! Ono!

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 1d

Salmon with Skillet Sweet Potato Gnocchi, Miso Butter, Asparagus and Greens!

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 1d

Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...

Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place.

www.nytimes.com

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 1d

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Search Operation Underway for Missing Paddler Jon Naeole After Canoe Found Off Kailua Beach Park

A search is underway for canoeist Jon Naeole after his craft was found off Kailua Beach, with multiple agencies involved.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 6d

Have compassion for everyone you meet. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.
- Miller Williams, poet

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 10d

This is the opposite of what they should be doing.

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 11d

In order clearly to hear the Divine voice speaking within us we need to be still.
- Caroline Stephen

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 16d

www.ala.org/bbooks/events
“We don’t need no stinking book bans.”
Banned Books Week is Oct 5-11, 2025!

Banned Books Week Events

Tune in throughout Banned Books Week for a series of free online events featuring authors, librarians, and activists working to fight censorship.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 18d

Baked eggs with tomatoes, eggplant, red pepper, feta, Parmesan. Very good!

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 18d

Hauʻoli Aloha Pōʻalima!
Happy Aloha Friday!

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 20d

Et voila! Kona Inn Banana Bread!

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Stuart Masters @stuartkmasters.bsky.social · 25d

Know where you stand, and stand there.

Fr. Daniel J Berrigan, S. J.

The image includes the quotation below along with a picture of Daniel Berrigan, an older white man in gray shirt and trousers with dog collar, being handcuffed by police:

Know where you stand, and stand there.

Fr. Daniel J Berrigan, S. J.

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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · Sep 12

There's lots of World Quaker Day events planned for 5 October (See them here: fwcc.world/worldquakerday).

If there's something happening near you, let us know and we can list it too. #Loveyourneighbour

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 22d

Kolohe likes to lick toes. He’s a mini golden doodle puppy.

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 23d

Quote by B. Cremer

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 24d

dial-a-poem.org
Tap on the phone image on this website and listen to a poem. It’s an art project.

dial-a-poem

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 25d

New dish: Chilean Sea Bass with almond-sesame seed-coriander crust in coconut cream and honey-lime-shoyu-balsamic sauce. Heirloom tomatoes and roasted asparagus as sides! Really good!

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 26d

Hauʻoli Aloha Pōʻalima!
Happy Aloha Friday!

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 27d

Nothing, I believe, can really teach us the nature and meaning of inspiration but personal experience of it…we may all have such experience if we will but attend to the Divine influences in our own hearts…
- Caroline Stephen

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 29d

To stay balanced, I paddle outrigger canoes 5 days/week. What do you do to stay balanced?

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · Sep 20

Hauʻoli Aloha Pōʻalima!
Happy Aloha Friday!

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · Sep 19

U.S. can mourn Charlie Kirk and debate his views, reverend says

www.npr.org/2025/09/17/n...

After Charlie Kirk's death, Rev. Barber says discussions should be 'rooted in truth'

Rev. William Barber II says nation should mourn Charlie Kirk family's loss, and that leaders should "call out" dishonest and divisive language pushed by those in power.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · Sep 19

Thanks!

Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · Sep 19

Old friends - Hope Ward and I were among the first clergywomen ordained in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Hope later became my bishop!

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · Sep 19

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.
— Christopher Morley