Developing an ecotheology of critical hope in Cascadia
We spent some time yesterday at Vernonia Lake, which isn't in the Chehalem Valley, but it's fairly accessible to those of us living in the Chehalem Valley. I've always passed signs to Vernonia when on the way out Highway 26 toward Tillamook, just as the road begins to enter the Coast Range, but I hadn't …
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Well, it's late, so I'm not going to give a narrative version of today, but here are a few things we did: Discussed developments in our public voice on environmental topics. Had a break, during which I went for a nice walk through the Garrison Institute's lovely network of trails in a thin forest up …
Today at our GreenFaith retreat included a presentation and discussion with Erin Lothes Biviano, professor at the College of St. Elizabeth, about what motivates faith-based individuals and congregations to act on their environmental beliefs. This was fascinating and I want to read more of her work. We did read two of her articles: "Worldviews on …
I'm currently in Garrison, NY, serving as a GreenFaith fellow. This is our second of three retreats together, and this one is at a beautiful and simple former monastery called the Garrison Institute, about an hour and a half from New York City. GreenFaith is an organization that encourages and facilitates interfaith action on environmental …
For our Friday adventure this week, K and I visited Bob & Crystal Rilee Park & Equestrian Trails, which is just east of Newberg on Parrett Mountain. According to the Chehalem Park & Recreation District blog, this has only been officially zoned as a park for a few months, although the purchase of the property and …
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My article, "Climatologists, Theologians, & Prophets: Toward an Ecotheology of Critical Hope," was published in the peer-reviewed journal Cross Currents and appeared online today. I am excited to share my work with interested readers. According to the copyright policy, I cannot post the PDF here, but I can send it to you if you request it, …
K and I spent Thursday afternoon fixing up our bike tires: we had a flat on my bike and the bike trailer. Since he's really too big for the bike trailer now, that one had been sitting there flat for several months, since he usually rides the tag-along bike now. But without my own bike's …
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My review of Todd Wynward's excellent book, Rewilding the Way: Break Free to Follow an Untamed God appears in the upcoming issue of Sojourners, and you can read the review online for the next several days here. The book is excellent! Its main point is that as current-day American Christians, we are woefully tame compared …
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I work as the editor for the journal Whole Terrain, a journal of reflective environmental practice put out by Antioch University New England (where I'm working on my PhD in environmental studies). Today we just announced the release of our newest volume, Trust. If you want, you can read my Editor's Note. This is an …
I took a study/grading break and K and I went for a little walk/hike around the Gettman Loop Trail. This one really only counts as a walk (since it's short and doesn't really get out in un-manicured areas for most of the time), but it was fun, especially since it's right here in town. It …
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Cherice Bock 