Fires are heartbreaking, but won’t consume our spirit

Oregon is on fire. My heart and my mind are so focused on the terrible fires that are taking so many homes, businesses – and, most probably, the lives of our neighbors in Lane County – that it’s difficult to know how to express my thoughts and anguish … and fears.

People have awakened to the fact we are all in this together. Whether or not we are categorized for evacuation, we all carry the…