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Foundation of A Better World: What I Learned from Watching the Trowels
Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to pour concrete,Don’t let ‘em run backhoes and and drive them old trucks,Let ‘em be doctors and lawyers and such.With apologies to Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings! You never know what you’re gonna find when you dig. Since...
Happy (Belated) Birthday, Oregon!
Yeah, I KNOW already!!!! It’s almost a whole frickin’ month since February 14. The dog ate my Blogpost alright? Get over it (we don’t even have a dog)! As underwhelming as this post may seem, given the date, Happy Oregon’s 162nd Birthday anyway! I just wanted you...
Our Epiphany: And The Year of Excavation
When the song of the angels is stilled,When the star in the sky is gone,When the kings and princes are home,When the shepherds are back with their flock,The work of Christmas begins:To find the lost,To heal the broken,To feed the hungry,To release the prisoner,To...
Moving In
The day before Easter, we began peopling this space. What an occupation it was.....
Practice Resurrection
So, friends, every day do something that won’t compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for...
Our Kitchen: A Poem
We unpacked our kitchen from boxes today. What have we gotten ourselves into? Carpenter genius and...
Emanating Light
The electricians came last week and hooked up the power. There’s something about light emanating...
Moving Toward A New Economy
They will beat their swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up...
We SUCK at Floors (So Put A Cork In It!)
I’m just gonna put it right out there: WE SUCK AT FLOORS!!!!!! Since the beginning of our Net Zero...
Painting Our (Net Zero) Dream (House)
Vincent Van Gogh said: “I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” Both certainly apply here:...
The Color Purple: Insulating Our Net Zero House
“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice...
The Gift of the Magi: Bethlehem and Paris
Happy Epiphany. The coincidence of Advent and the 21st meeting of the U.N. Conference of Parties...
Why Giving Up Hope Might Be Our Only Hope in 2016
"Hope is not the optimism that things will turn out right. Hope is the soul’s deep orientation to...
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