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 …
Outdoors with Kids in Chehalem Valley: Bob & Crystal Rilee Park
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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“Climatologists, Theologians, & Prophets: Toward an Ecotheology of Critical Hope” published in Cross Currents
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, …
Outdoors with Kids in Chehalem Valley: Hoover Park
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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Rewilding the Way book review published by Sojourners
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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Whole Terrain: Trust volume released
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 …
Outdoors with Kids in Chehalem Valley: Gettman Loop Trail
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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“Hope” in the Christian Testament
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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