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Sunday School Amidst COVID-19
Dave starts the coffee brewing before I arrive. I move the podium into position and check to be sure all handouts are ready to distribute. The assigned person will bring coffee cake or donuts. The […]
Thanking God Despite the Darkness
The Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648) proved to be intensely cruel and destructive. Over three decades, the conflict accompanied by famine and epidemic decimated the population of Germany from 16 million to 6 million. A glance […]
Mandate: Stay at Home
One week after the initial explosion from Mt St Helens in May 1980, geologists predicted another eruption was imminent. Given the direction of the wind that morning, the Thurston County Sheriff announced a shutdown until […]
A Self-funded Safety Net
I lingered longer under the covers than usual for a Monday morning and contemplated starting a long winter’s nap. When I finally ventured out of the warm cocoon, I immediately put on my winter coat, […]
Three Key Numbers
I recently spoke to a group of young pastors. After that conversation, I thought of an experience I had as a college student. The minister with whom I served at the time told me he […]
2019 Charity Quilting
I’ve had an elaborate storyline percolating to finish out Happy Scrappy. In the tall tale, I worried that Judi would drop an M80 in my back pocket if I didn’t empty the bin with quilt […]
Race to the Finish
Stalemate. I quilted 2 quilts yesterday. Judi made 2 scrappy quilt tops. So we’re still at 4 quilts in the bin. I had the chance to poke around in the basement this morning before she […]
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"We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it."
Wendell Berry, The Long-Legged House