Sacramental Transparency
The ordinary stuff of the physical world, the very fundamentals of survival provided by God, are transformed through human art and through the blessing of
The ordinary stuff of the physical world, the very fundamentals of survival provided by God, are transformed through human art and through the blessing of
Earth: Look, I try not to pay much attention to human politics. I have so much to do, what with plate techtonics and weather systems
What does it mean, I wonder, to encounter a burning bush, flaming but not consumed, and hear nothing? Beauty manifests God, but what if God
People were doing this. Churches were organizing community gardens and small farms, trying to combine faith practice, community, discipleship, health, justice. Healing land and community
Questions of what more-than-human creatures are worth, what they mean, what is their ultimate value—these questions become more urgent as the species extinction crisis accelerates.
One can compare one’s beloved to apple, palm, pomegranate, or incense trees. And it’s clear that all the good stuff happens under apple trees.
At one point, Trevor was down below looking for his GPS, foolishly leaving Ron and me in charge. Well, here comes a gust of wind.
Meanwhile, healing takes a long time, and the first stages look like a mess. The grasses are scruffy, the trees old and some dying. Windthrow
“Creatures, our free forty minutes are almost up. So I just want to encourage you all and review our mission objectives. It’s been great to