faith practice

faith practice

one human practicing Christian faith grounded in love for all creation
Feb
13
We are still writing history.

We are still writing history.

The story you live today will be history someday. What kind of history will it be?
2 min read
Jan
30
I am a Christian – so I am a resident alien.

I am a Christian – so I am a resident alien.

Jesus Christ didn’t come to found a country or bless a government.
5 min read
Nov
09
This is for everyone horrified this morning.

This is for everyone horrified this morning.

Published the morning after Donald Trump was elected in 2016.
3 min read
Jul
10

After a week from hell: the Good Samaritan

A homily preached the week that Philando Castile was killed by police.
5 min read
Feb
11
The Roots of the Christian Food Movement

The Roots of the Christian Food Movement

Baptized with the Soil: a book worth reading.
4 min read
Dec
14
Farm Church: where God is doing “an old new thing”

Farm Church: where God is doing “an old new thing”

Have you ever prayed and wondered how God is going to renew the church in America? I know I have.
6 min read
Nov
15
My Galilee: What I Haven’t Been Telling You

My Galilee: What I Haven’t Been Telling You

“Where is Galilee for you?” Acts 8 asked. [2025 update: this is a reference to a homily from then-Presiding Bishop
4 min read
May
27
From crisis to renewal: the Episcopal Church and all Creation

From crisis to renewal: the Episcopal Church and all Creation

This post originally appeared on The Living Church’s Covenant blog.  I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls
6 min read
May
06
I go to a watershed forum and have an unexpected conversation

I go to a watershed forum and have an unexpected conversation

Last Friday I decided it was way past time for me to do something about these theories of collaborative bioregional
4 min read
Apr
22
Solving the Climate Crisis One (Closed?) Church at a Time

Solving the Climate Crisis One (Closed?) Church at a Time

On March 25th, Presiding Bishop the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori offered the keynote address at The Episcopal Church’s
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