After spending some time explaining the words for and concepts surrounding "hope" in the Hebrew Scriptures, in the ancient Greek story of Pandora, and in Aristotle, I'm now ready to share with you what I found out when I did a study of the word we translate "hope" in the Christian Testament. This is the same …
Cascadia, the Elusive Utopia: book review, part 3
This is the third (of three) posts reviewing and thinking about the ideas found in Cascadia, the Elusive Utopia: Exploring the Spirit of the Pacific Northwest. If you missed the first two, the first post gave an overview of the book and the second post discussed the region we might call "Cascadia," and whether or …
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Cascadia, the Elusive Utopia: book review, part 2
Yesterday, I posted initial thoughts about the book Cascadia, the Elusive Utopia: Exploring the Spirit of the Pacific Northwest. In the first post I gave an overview of the text, and here I approach the question of where Cascadia is, and whether or not there is a nature-based spirituality in this region. Tomorrow I'll discuss …
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Cascadia, the Elusive Utopia: book review, part 1
As a native Oregonian, hikes in the Cascades and the Coast Range dot my childhood memories. My family and I, as a child and now with my own children, have taken trips to central Oregon's high desert, the agricultural areas of eastern Washington and Oregon, the Wallowa Mountains, southern Oregon, and the spectacular North Cascades …
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Hope in Ancient Greek: Aristotle on hope, optimism, and courage
Continuing in my study of the term "hope," I also ran across a really interesting article on Aristotle's understanding of the term hope: "Aristotle on Hope," by G. Scott Gravlee, which appeared in the Journal of the History of Philosophy in October 2000. I previously wrote about hope in Hebrew as well as the Greek …
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“Hope” in ancient Greek: Pandora and the Greek goddess Elpis
In developing an ecotheology of critical hope, one of the things that is important is to understand what the biblical authors mean when they're discussing hope in the Bible. After doing research on the concept of hope in psychology, I found this framework of hope useful, but not a sufficient understanding of hope from a …
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Outdoors with Kids in Chehalem Valley: Miller Woods
The other day, for my sister's birthday, we decided to check out Miller Woods Conservation Area. None of us had ever been there before, and in fact I didn't even know it existed until recently when I started looking around for hikes in the area. This is a great location! 130 acres, it contains many …
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Book Review in Quaker Life of C. Wess Daniels’ “A Convergent Model of Renewal: Remixing the Quaker Tradition in a Participatory Culture”
My book review of C. Wess Daniels' book, A Convergent Model of Renewal: Remixing the Quaker Tradition in a Participatory Culture, appeared in the March/April issue of Friends United Meeting's Quaker Life Magazine. I recommend this book for Friends/Quakers, and also for people from other denominations who are looking for a framework for figuring out what it …
Outdoors with Kids in Chehalem Valley: Disc Golf at Champoeg Park
Champoeg State Park is a beautiful place to go to be outside in the Newberg area, and I have many fond memories of it: biking on the trails with my family as a kid, biking there with my eighth grade class (along a highway!!! Looking back, I'm really surprised they let us do that), hikes, …
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Ecotheology of Critical Hope Poster on to Antioch University New England’s Student Research Symposium
I enjoyed last week's Spirit of Sustainable Agriculture Conference at Harvard Divinity School! I got to present my poster and talk to interested conference-goers about my research, gaining valuable feedback and connections. My poster is moving on to a second life at next week's Antioch University New England 15th Annual Student Research Symposium on April …
Cherice Bock 