If change is to come
byIf change is to come, it will come from the margins… It was the desert, not the temple, that gave us the prophets. Wendell…
Wendell Berry
Earth in Common
byThe Earth is what we all have in common. -Wendell Berry / How will you share our common space today?
Day 23: Make Me Know Your Ways
byMake me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. -Psalm 25:4 I’m thinking about paths. Wendell Berry writes about the differences…
Day 1: Bless the Lord, O my soul
byThis is where we start our journey together. Thank you for joining in. We want to encourage you to set aside time each day…
When despair for the world grows
byWhen despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life…
Wendell Berry and Naturalistic Sacramentalism
byWorks of art participate in our lives; we are not just distant observers of their lives. They are in conversation among themselves and with…
Some Wendell Berry for National Poetry Month
byApril is National Poetry Month and above is a clip of Wendell Berry reading his poem “The Contrariness of the Mad Farmer.” The clip is from…
Forty Panes: An Upcoming Wendell Berry Documentary
byIt’s no secret that Wendell Berry is a big influence for us here at ETR, and when a friend notified me of the upcoming…
Meeting the Mad Farmer: A Weekend with Wendell Berry
byA voice has begun to resonate through the cluttered halls of our modern consciousness. It is a voice that pleads for sanity in the…
The North Dakota Oil Boom
byYou do not have to be good. -Mary Oliver I am enveloped in a sea of golden husks. Stiff and strong, they prick my…