A “Sabbath Poem” for your Sabbath Morning
In college, one of my favorite professors introduced me to the “Sabbath Poems” of Wendell Berry. The “Sabbath Poems” are at times beautiful, at…
A Time for Disobedience?
Yesterday, the New York Times ran the blog “Keystone Pipeline Opponents Plan Widespread Civil Disobedience.” You can read about it here. The article states,…
Eugene Peterson Tells It Like It Is
I’ve been picking away at The Pastor by Eugene Peterson for some time. The book is wonderful (especially for those thinking of the ministry),…
Thoughts from an Entitled Wilderness-Loving Yuppie
This is the second installment in an ongoing series on Wilderness Pilgrimage. A few weeks ago I joined some friends for an overnight on…
What We’re Reading: Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
I was fortunate enough to hear Bill McKibben speak last week where he was a co-panelist in an event sponsored by The North Country…
What We’re Watching: A Desert Life
“A Desert Life” by Austin Siadak Nate says: This is a short story about Alf. Alf knows what’s up. I don’t think we can…
On Toilet Paper, Thru-hiking, and Wilderness Pilgrimage
This is the first installment in a series on Wilderness Pilgrimage. I’ve now backpacked around 4,000 miles, and I sometimes wonder what I have…
What we’re reading
The Way of Ignorance by Wendell Berry Nate says: In this collection of essays, Prophet Wendell continues to connect the dots between the degradation…