On Monday, Sept. 26, the Butterfield-Odin School Board met for is September meeting.

I participated in an interesting exercise recently. We were asked to write down all the things that concern us … topics we worry about, think about often, and weigh on us. The list can be long when we are shaped by God to care for the world and love our neighbor. So we wrote down the many things that concern us. The second step was to go down the list and circle the things we can actually influence or change. War in Ukraine … nope. Long term implications of the water shortage in the western United States … nope. Mental health concerns in our young people – yes. The point of the exercise is to help us clarity our work and to give us permission not be anxious about many things.