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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...
We Are Not Alone: Our 50 Year Journey To Eden and Rhubarb Pie
50 years ago, September 28, 1974, Debbie and I were married in a ceremony with way too many clergy, down by the duck pond on our seminary campus in Ohio (MTSO—Methodist Theological School in Ohio). Surrounded by a sacred human community of seminary students and...
The Subject Is Windows
The subject is windows. Much of what we experience in our built environs is illumined through windows. In our certified Passive House we have eighteen. Our kitchen window looks to the front drive where we stand on tiptoe to see who’s coming to visit or look across...
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...
Election Day: Liberation or Lynching?
There’s an extremely important election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Will you please join me in...
Leaving 928, Ch 3: Have Mercy Upon Us
I have to say it’s been almost impossible for me to continue this series of reflections on leaving...
Leaving 928, Ch 2: Forever Is A Relative Thing
**This is the second in a series of posts about our decision to leave our "Forever Home." You can...
Leaving 928, Ch 1: What Is A Forever Home?
March 15, 2017, I waxed eloquent in a blogpost about our Forever House in McMinnville,...
Rainwater Chronicles: The Movie
We’ve offered you the “watered-down” version of our rain catchment in Parts 1 and 2 of our series!...
Rainwater Chronicles Part 2: Why Catch the Rain?
(This is the 2nd installment of the Rainwater Chronicles. Click here to read Part 1: What Happens...
Rainwater Chronicles Part 1: What Happens To The Rain?
Meters. Have you ever contemplated meters? Meters, gauges and monitoring systems, are...
What I’m Learning As A White Guy
O, let America be America again—The land that never has been yet—And yet must be—the land...
The Privilege of Home
The other day, there was a thud against one of the big windows looking out to our back yard. ...
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