Here in the Pacific Northwest where stunning, relatively well-preserved rivers, mountains and sweeping open spaces command our attention and a bit of reverence, it’s popular to be “spiritual but not religious”. These aren’t just words. For example, Oregon has the second lowest church attendance in the nation. In my experience, people’s announcement of being spiritual-but-not-religious [...]
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Spiritual But Not Religious? Tell Me More.
December 13th, 2009 · 5 Comments · energy, global warming and climate change
Tags: atheist·church·Glacier Natinal Park·Missoula·spirituality·United Church of Christ
Enchanted With What I’ve Already Got, Part II
December 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · community, food & drink, home & garden
What do I feel like eating tonight? Shall I drop by the grocery store for it, or go out? That is a game I’ve often played in my life, a modern game common in developed countries because we have so many choices, so much food, so many restaurants. It hasn’t been proven, though, that the [...]
Java-Worship and Chicken-Play
September 16th, 2009 · No Comments · food & drink, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability
After writing in serious veins lately about beauty and battles, the most important number in the world, and our wrong-headed war in Afghanistan, I”m just breathing today. Enjoying simple pleasures, like a cup of excellent coffee (direct trade gets even better wages to the coffee farmers than fair trade, I understand). Portland Oregon, where I [...]
Chickens Bring People Together
April 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · community, entertainment, home & garden, lifestyle, sustainability
We spent our weekend outdoors in the dazzling sunshine building our chicken coop and interacting with our neighbors. (The first activity nicely fueled the second activity). About $400 and 25 person-hours later,we have what my housemate Evan cheerfully terms one expensive, half-assed chicken coop. (None of us claim to be highly skilled carpenters.)
How did our [...]
Tags: chickens·choir·church·Farmer Jon·green living·relationships·urban farming
Easter, The Earth And The Great Turning
April 12th, 2009 · No Comments · home & garden, nature, spirituality & religion
It’s Easter morning! And warmish out! My pear trees and blueberry bushes are blossoming, our baby chicks are growing into leggy adolescents, and I’ll soon walk over to choir practice at Tabor Heights Methodist, where we’ll rehearse — with trumpet players! – for the Easter service.
It’s all so climactic. . . . diamond-cut, really. We’ve [...]
Tags: church·David Korten·Easter·Great Turning·happiness·Jesus·Joanna Macy·joy·life·music·Oregon·religion
