by John Pitney | Jul 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
At 11am last Sunday morning, June 24th, 2018, we worshipped at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon. 400, of many origins and faiths came out, organized by Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice of Portland, Oregon and UNIDOS: Bridging Community...
by John Pitney | Jun 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
About this time, each spring, I get Wendell Berry’s collection of poems, Farming: A Handbook, from the bookshelf. It is dog-eared and bedraggled from its years of accompanying me to conferences, meetings, rallys and devotionals. I flip quickly through to page 60 and...
by John Pitney | Jun 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained the government for his purposes, orderly and lawful processes are good in themselves. Consistent, fair application of the law...
by John Pitney | Jun 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Straight to the point: something was missing in the depths of my soul on this new place, until we got the compost going. We seriously considered buying a decomposition contraption. There are all kinds of inventions sold to help householders manage rotting things. Some...
by John Pitney | Jun 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’d like you to hear my new compost song. But it needs an intro. Erin’s wife, Amy, our newest daughter, thinks I like her. True, but not for what she thinks. She thinks it’s her ravishing good looks, her love of Erin, her way of saying things that bring the best...
by John Pitney | Mar 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
The murders of 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has fully occupied the season of Lent for those who pay attention to that kind of stuff. We have been forced, again, to examine in public what we Americans are made of and our...
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