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On Talking to Plants 19 Aug 2013 | 01:37 am
Last spring, a seasonal intern who had a knack for matching my snark, gave me a copy of a book titled Talk to Your Plants. (“Gave” as in she wrapped it in tissue paper, but it was really from the K...
2 Teachings on 2 Epistles [Part II] 29 Jul 2013 | 07:47 am
Don’t Look Back See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Chris...
2 Teachings from 2 Epistles [Part I] 29 Jul 2013 | 07:45 am
Inclusive Community Two experiences of mine are windows for me into this text. One comes from Mission Year, and a man named “Radio.” I met Radio as he was sitting in the middle of the bike path acros...
Mornings are difficult 1 Jun 2013 | 07:49 am
when you wake up as tired as when you went to bed. This had been most of my year. Writing is difficult when you have much demanded of your body during the day, and end it in exhaustion. This is … Cont...
Saturday 31 Mar 2013 | 02:30 am
I wonder what they did on Saturday.We know what they all did on Friday.Probably nothing, since it was a Sabbath day. They probably stayed where they had hidden. Unable to eat, stomachs still turning, ...
Write 24 Mar 2013 | 05:51 am
In my year and a half at Koinonia I’ve found work on the land that I love, that I find beautiful yet challenging, suiting many of my gifts yet demanding growth and learning. In my year and half at Koi...
Advent Lectionary 2013: Wait for the Lord (Or, First Advent, Then Christmas) 2 Dec 2012 | 07:46 am
My project continues this year. Many readings are the same as last year, but I have made some substitutions and an important adjustment: there are no New Testament readings. To me, reading the NT in t...
Remnants 17 Oct 2012 | 08:56 pm
There was little to no talk of God growing up in my household. There was also little to no talk of family history. Learning of both has largely been my own journey. At the Clarence Jordan Symposium Se...
Deconstruct 30 Sep 2012 | 10:12 pm
A group that discriminates based on race, class or gender is not a “privileged” group, but a deeply hurting group. Vincent Harding [paraphrased], at the Clarence Jordan Symposium, 9.29.12 Tagged: Priv...
Passages 17 Sep 2012 | 06:32 am
Jean Vanier from Community and Growth While there is a waxing and then a waning in action and efficiency, growth can be continual at the level of the heart . . . . There are some precise stages in the...
