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Tactical Frivolity: NO KINGS
The third “No Kings” protest happened October 18, and here I am just getting around to publishing this blog the 3rd week of Advent in December. Sadly, in that space of time, our daughter Erin was diagnosed with cancer and had surgery, then my sister Helen...
Love Wins: Signs of Holy Resistance and Compassion!
Love wins. Believe it. Not as hope. As a fact. In fact. Love wins. If you have a rough time believing, when you wait for the “arc of the moral universe to bend toward justice” (MLK) but the wait is too long, find the places with the people who will take your face...
No Sign Big Enough—Showing Up for Each Other!!!
Nothing much gets my attention like the first appearance of purple asparagus spears poking through wintered garden soil or apple blossoms ready to burst with the indescribable colorations and mini collosos-ness I can only call Divine. These rebirth us! They keep...
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...
Passive House Rules: Building As Holy Work
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Passive House the Sequel: Here We Go Again!
In September 2015, we sat on a pile of gravel, announcing the build of our forever house—a...
Things I Should’ve Known, Especially Today
How will/did you spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day?!? Last blog I was just learning my ancestors...
Epiphany A Year Later—Time to Unmute!
Today is January 6, a date etched in our national memory now as much as 9-11. Many don’t...
My Grandparents Got Slaves As A Wedding Gift—How Could I Not Have Known?
John Pitney, my grandfather and founder of the Pitney Century Farm, was married to Elizabeth S....
Oh Yum! Oh Yum!—We Know Where Our Food Comes From!
Several years ago, we were living in Eugene, Oregon and I was on the Board of the Willamette Farm...
The Wheels On the Bus—Will It Be Diesel or Justice All Through the Town?!?
The wheels on the bus go round and round,Round and round, round and round!The wheels on the bus go...
Every Day is Mother’s Day, Part 1: The Goose and the Flicker
I hope you all had an important time with your mothers and a time remembering your mothers on...
If We Don’t Get Jesus We Won’t Understand Resurrection!
I was asked to zoom preach at Bend United Methodist the third Sunday of Lent. Because I...
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