by John Pitney | Mar 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
We walked to church Sunday morning, blue sky overhead, crisp late winter air in our lungs and heavy hearts beating within. As we approached our building, home of McMinnville Cooperative Ministries, (ELCA Lutheran and United Methodist) we were hoping for this...
by John Pitney | Feb 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Did you know that Valentine’s Day is also Oregon’s birthday? Happy 160th Oregon: February 14, 1859 to February 14, 2019! As some of you will know, our daughter Erin and her father have had a thing on February 14 since Erin was young. We make a cake in...
by John Pitney | Dec 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Eugene Lightkeepers: Jessie and Tommy: Rev. Jessie Cummins just graduated from United Methodist seminary in Chicago where husband Tommy was teaching in the inner city. Last fall, Jessie officiated the wedding of Amy and Erin, leading the congregation...
by John Pitney | Dec 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
In the months leading up to our sacred seasons of Hanukkah, Advent and Kwanza climate reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the 3rd U.S. National Climate Assessment…even the Trump Administration…have...
by John Pitney | Nov 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
How do we welcome our innocent newborns to a Planet where once there used to be more wonder than now? The years of our lives have become a calendar for the destiny of Earth, framed by the greenhouse gas emission history we are plotting for good or ill. I was born in...
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