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The Frosting On the Cake: You’re Safe Here!
I’m having a hard time getting out of bed these days. The deep darkness of The FeloniousPOTUS and his Muskovite band are getting to me. Before I go any further though, I’m going to allow 18 seconds to receive your best pity. Feel free to unleash...
A Sawyer’s Thanksgiving: In Gratitude for ERs, Post-hole Diggers and Stupid Luck
Dear Net Zero Enthusiasts: I must be the most unreliable blogger in all of Creation anyway, but today you might as well know why it’s been an unusually long stretch since you’ve heard from me. Let’s just put it this way—there are several immutable commandments woven...
Walls: How We Build Them and Why It Matters
It’s pretty basic: wall building—a fundamental of human occupancy for awhile now. In our two net zero home-builds, I have come to ponder walls. In fact, as we began to add studded uprights to accomplish 11-inch-thick walls for our Bend Passive House, I was...
Jackson, Tell Me About God
Our first grandchild was born July 12 and the whole universe blinked. This is the first I’ve...
Creating A Disturbance—Let Our People Go!
Last Thursday I was arrested. Along with 21 other Oregon clergy and faith leaders I received two...
The Road To Sheridan: Love Leads Us
At 11am last Sunday morning, June 24th, 2018, we worshipped at the Federal...
“The Satisfactions of the Mad Farmer”
About this time, each spring, I get Wendell Berry’s collection of poems, Farming: A Handbook, from...
Net Zero Intolerance: This was supossted to be Land of the Free
I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to...
The King of Compost Challenges the Rat
Straight to the point: something was missing in the depths of my soul on this new place, until we...
C-O-M-P-O-S-T: My Latest (De)Composition
I’d like you to hear my new compost song. But it needs an intro. Erin’s wife, Amy, our newest...
There’s Always A Second Parade
The murders of 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has fully occupied...
Swords To Plowshares & Pipelines To Panels (4 of 4)
The time is coming soon when they will beat their swords into plowshares and spears...
How To Become A Climate Hero (3 of 4)
This is Part 3 in a series of articles on the Clean Energy Jobs Bill being considered...
















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