July 2011

29 Jul 2011

Longview (Sleeping in Seattle)

Greetings from the Emerald City! After 2,059.1 miles, I arrived in Seattle. In honor of that journey, I’ve taken a bit of a Sabbath from the Sabbath. I set aside the calendar, the maps, the emails, and the panniers and tried to remember how to...

16 Jul 2011

Fortune

[caption id="attachment_431" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Crater Lake"][/caption] As I ramble the rich countryside, I feel I am amassing an imperishable fortune. Some might call it a treasure in heaven. If by that they mean an eternal abundance of connection, then I agree. Like all economies, this fortune...

16 Jul 2011

What was it you asked of me

What was it you asked of me When you forged my fragile nerves And delicately dialed the DNA That formed each cellular gear and spring within me When you mended two split persons Into one And watched, felt, and participated As it gained its own beat   What was it you asked As the land...

10 Jul 2011

Mountains

Mountains-- the grandeur of earth’s history bent, boiled, and sliced before eyes whose blink does not register on their geologic clock. Your aesthetic comfort demands physical discomfort and challenge. I am humbled by your presence and strengthened by your company. [caption id="attachment_401" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Mt. Shasta...

07 Jul 2011

Interdependence

When I set off from LA one month and one long state ago, I thought I was setting off to engage in dialogue that entailed me telling others what I thought about Christianity and its relationship to ecology. I thought I was going to teach....