Healing Through Connecting

By now you have hopefully had time to explore the UCC’s Mission 4/1 Earth campaign, described by this week’s guest, Meighan Pritchard. While we frequently speak of our need to heal the Earth, we mustn’t overlook the many ways in which the Earth heals us. We need the...

Wild and Dangerous

About 100 miles southwest of where I live sits the town of West, Texas. Until the evening of April 17, West was known for its vibrant Czech heritage, which includes an annual folk festival with plenty of mouth-watering stuffed rolls called kolaches. Now as I write on...

"Save the Earth" signs

My daughter Lucy has always been a “Save the Earth” kind of a gal. I love it about her. And even though she wasted a lot of paper to make signs promoting such wisdom, I didn’t want to deter her in anyway. So, I encouraged it. Fast forward to a few years later, and...

Life Will Find a Way

A central message of the Genesis creation story is that order emerges out of chaos.  That primordial state of chaos is brooded over by God and in a wild, rushing wind, a word from the divine mouth, the waters of chaos are separated and a dome is created within which...

"Wildness" is not Chaotic

Yesterday’s guest. Rev. Meighan Pritchard on Darkwood Brew reminded me that when it comes to nature, “wildness” is different than “chaos.” This is a truth all natural scientists, conservationists, and people who pay attention to nature...

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