Life as star dust We are all star dust. If you accept our current scientific understanding about the origin of the universe, then you accept the concept of the Big Bang, that event that took place some 13 plus billion
Bishop Dave Brauer-Rieke on Re-imagining Tomorrow – Part 3 of a 3 part series
The Jesus/Salvation arc of modern day Christianity is embraced by the larger Eden/New Jerusalem arc of the Bible as a whole. This story has much to offer as we reflect on the arc of the Cosmic Creation Story. What does
Bishop Dave Brauer-Rieke on Reframing the Faith – Part 2 of 3
Re-framing the Faith Sunrises, however, are not our major stuck point. Seasons are. The words above, “Once again the world engage, blessed with love or pained by rage.” are penned with Tevye in mind. “One season following another, laden with
Bishop Dave Brauer-Rieke’s Presentation to the Biocommons course – Part 1 of 3
Tevye’s Lament Ecology of Grace and Justice: Organizing in the BioCommons Presentation February 22, 2013 St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Beaverton, OR Bishop Dave Brauer-Rieke, Oregon Synod, ELCA Like a Fiddler on the Roof Our understanding of the world is
EcoFaith Youth Camp (by EcoFaith Intern, Nathan Holst)
Hi all, I know it’s been some time since I last wrote a post here, but I want to share that it’s not because my internship hasn’t been moving forward. There’s been a lot of movement and exciting things happening
NOTES FOR BREATHERS #4: Sources and System of the Pressures (by Dick Harmon, a lead teacher in our “Ecology of Grace and Justice – Organizing in the Biocommons Course”)
We now move to the question, where are these pressures coming from? “The media.” “The loss of middle class jobs.” “We bought the wrong house in 2006, We’ve been underwater since ’08 and can’t get out. We’re just slogging along,
NOTES FOR BREATHERS #3: Impacts of Pressures on Families & Institutions (by Dick Harmon, a lead teacher in our “Ecology of Grace and Justice – Organizing in the Biocommons Course”)
Imagine that we’re in another session of the leadership development workshops. By now, participants are getting to know each other, so it’s safe to take the next step, to name together the impact of these pressures on our families. After
NOTES FOR BREATHERS #2: Pressures on Families/ the Great Destruction (by Dick Harmon, a lead teacher in our “Ecology of Grace and Justice – Organizing in the Biocommons Course”)
“What are the pressures on our families?” This is one of the initial questions that leaders and organizers use in building broad-based organizations. It can also serve as the first of several steps toward understanding how the Great Destruction impacts
NOTES FOR BREATHERS #1: The “No-Yes” Of Our Situation (by Dick Harmon, a leader in our “Ecology of Grace and Justice – Organizing in the Biocommons Course”)
In the first session of the current Organizing in the Biocommons class, Rev. Solveig Nilsen-Goodin raised this question: “What’s really going on?” These Notes take a look at that question. If you’re really breathing these days, it means that you
Lenten Reflection (by EcoFaith Pastor/Organizer, Robyn Hartwig)
As I shared in my sermon at St. Andrew Lutheran (Beaverton, OR) this morning, this Sunday’s Gospel reading reminded me of an experience I had on a week-long retreat of all of the fifth graders at my elementary school. Students