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a baptismal journey along the Salish sea

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February 6, 2016February 6, 2016

Getting into the spirit of adoption

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November 19, 2014November 18, 2014

When suddenly, nothing happens

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Glimpses of the Kingdom

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When was the last time you stopped to listen to the robins and the wrens delivering their springtide calls? Let these Friday forest moments offer their gifts of soft light through tender green fronds and unfurled leaves. The salmon berries return. A moth presses itself into safety. The sisters reach toward the heavens. A squirrel had lunch. 🌱

I’ve heard it said that Tuesdays are the seventh best day of the week. But this Tuesday was made for a walk in the woods, beer, and enjoying the fact that my favorite human has been on the planet for 37 years now. It’s a good start.

This #EarthDay I celebrated the fact that I did not kill the fuchsia my dad gave me, while taking my tiger for a stroll, and preparing for some significant conversations on water, sacrament, and environmental racism. Because let’s not forget that oppression of people and planet are so very deeply intertwined.

Wee little forest gems (and one curious spider) 🌱

Scene(s) around the house and vicinity. . . This week is our summer preview before the clouds descend (until July 5), which means leaves and blooms are exploding open. The small forest of brackens in front is coming along nicely. Our local garden is experimenting with providing new housing opportunities for small critters—artfully designed, no less. Shelter for all.

#NationalPetDay . . . Please, some of us are merely household staff. 👑🐯

Today’s walk was a study in the out-of-place: a private property sign twenty feet high on a fir tree in the (very public) park; a hunk of fallen tree cut to a manageable size that somehow landed in the middle of a dry creek bed. Both objects appear as if from the past, suddenly here now.

To my friends and colleagues heading (back) to the classroom to teach, this is for you.

Closing out #WorldWaterDay with a final reflection. . . What water means to me as we face a world of uncertainty. Amidst desertification (geographical, metaphorical) we must be fluid in our approaches to preserving and furthering life. Water is essential for life, for traditions, for making life in the most precarious places. Water and faith both move mountains. 💦🏔

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