Developing an ecotheology of critical hope in Cascadia
It's been a little over a year since I posted on this blog, and it's been quite the year! My family moved twice, I'm digging in hard to my dissertation research and writing, and I've been doing a lot of teaching, writing, presenting, and editing. Here are a few highlights. Teaching: I spent the year …
Last month, I spoke at Berkeley Friends Church's Quaker Heritage Day, which was an honor and a joy. I had not been to Berkeley Friends before, and I received a warm welcome and met some wonderful people. They have a special community there, and I had so much fun getting to know them a bit …
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I am thrilled to announce that I will be taking a faculty position as assistant professor of environmental studies at The Oregon Extension for the coming school year! It's a unique and amazing college outside of Ashland, OR. Students from colleges and universities around the country spend fall term there, earning 17 credits, going backpacking …
My first publication in a book came out recently! I wrote a chapter for the Handbook of Climate Change Communication, vol. 3: Case Studies in Climate Change Communication, part of the Climate Management Series (Springer, 2018). The article is called "Watershed Discipleship: communicating climate change within a Christian framework, a case study analysis" (PDF available …
March 10, 2018 I will be the speaker for Berkeley Friends Church's Quaker Heritage Day. They hold this event each year, and invite in a scholar from around the country (including some we know from the Northwest, such as C. Wess Daniels in 2012, Carole Spencer in 2010, Marge Abbott and Peggy Parsons in 2006, Retha …
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I'm excited to be co-editing volume 6 of the Friends Association for Higher Education's Quakers & the Disciplines Series, Quakers, Creation Care, & Sustainability, with Stephen Potthoff (Wilmington College). If you're interested in contributing, or if you know others who might be, feel free to view and share the call for papers. The deadline for …
A few years ago, I was excited to learn about the concept of watershed discipleship, which combines the best of all my worlds: environmental concern from a Christian perspective, with an emphasis on social and environmental justice, with excellent scholarship combined with practical action. Not too surprisingly, many of its originators are from a peace …
Today marks my first day as scholar in residence at Reedwood Friends in Portland, OR. I'll be offering a six-week series on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings on the topic "Quakers & Creation Care: ecotheology & action from a Quaker perspective." I'm excited to begin tonight by sharing my story of how I came to …
I reviewed Watershed Discipleship: Reinhabiting Bioregional Faith & Practice (ed. Ched Myers, Wipf & Stock, 2016) for Sojourners, and it's in the April 2017 issue. This is an excellent book of edited chapters from individuals around the USA and Canada who are working to put environmental care into action within a Christian framework. You should …
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The other day, my mom brought us a bag of frozen blueberries, because she knew our boys like to have them as a snack, and we were out of blueberries. While I appreciated the gesture, I hesitated. Why?! Why, you might ask, would you hesitate, when your kids' nana brings them a HEALTHY snack (as …
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