“There is no later.” This was the phrase of my first tattoo. I got it shortly after the death of my grandmother. It was to be a reminder of the fragility of life and how there are no guarantees. I
EcoFaith Recovery Featured in The Lutheran Magazine
EcoFaith Recovery is featured in the cover story “Restoring Creation with Faith” of the April issue in The Lutheran magazine. Below is the opening of the article. Read the entirety of the article here, EcoFaith is the 7th group featured. Hope,
A Different Kind of “Hearing” (by EcoFaith Leader Anna Barnett)
In the past week I’ve been to two public hearings: one for the proposed Pembina propane terminal on the Columbia, and one for community input to the Portland Police Department’s new Citizen Oversight and Advisory Board. It’s a strange format
Genesis 1 and Permaculture (by EcoFaith Intern Dave Pritchett)
The Akan peoples of West Africa have proverbial wisdom associated with an image of the sankofa bird, flying forward, with the egg of the future in its beak: “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have
A Call for a New Kind of Chaplain (by Rabbi Katy Allen)
Thank you to EcoFaith supporter Susan Halvor in Anchorage, Alaska for forwarding this article to us. It is re-printed below with permission of author Rabbi Katy Z. Allen. This article originally appeared in APC e-News published by the Association of
Four Scenarios (by EcoFaith Intern Dave Pritchett)
David Holmgren, a permaculturalist and ecologist, identifies four major possibilities the world face in light of the twin giants of peak oil and anthropogenic climate change. He plots these possibilities with respect to the rate of fossil fuel collapse and
Birthday Chorus: A Way-Out-There Meditation by EcoFaith Leader Dick Harmon
Yesterday was my 78th birthday. Four weeks from now, Carole, my partner of 55 years, will be eighty-one. And three weeks after that, our grandson Vaughn will be four. With all these birthdays in mind, I got to musing around
“Owning Our Future” book review by EcoFaith Leader Cecil Denney
EcoFaith leader Cecil Denney shared the following book review with us. Cecil is a member of Lake Oswego United Methodist Church. Please share with us your thoughts in the comment/reply section below. More book reviews by EcoFaith leaders will be posted
Epistemological Humility (by EcoFaith Intern Karin Hatch)
Epistemology: the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity Humility: a modest or low view of one’s own importance One day of the EcoFaith Youth Camp was spent
“The End of the World” book review by EcoFaith Leader Anna Barnett
EcoFaith leader Anna Barnett shared the following book review with us. Anna is a Quaker from Multnomah Friends Meeting. Please share with us your thoughts in the comment/reply section below. More book reviews by EcoFaith leaders will be posted in