2021 Holistic Goals While I have scorned the idea of New Year’s Resolutions for most of my adult life, I have typically written down a set of goals with the aim of improving my life in some way. I often write those goals down in a blog post, and then check back at the beginning …
Over the last couple of years, it seems that search terms for “ethical” and “fair trade” have all but been replaced by the word, “sustainable.” Don’t get me wrong. Sustainability is super important and, for many, the term itself implies safety and good wages for workers in the supply chain. But I also think that …
Ethical Consumption News & More For some reason, these link lists are the first thing to be put on the back-burner, even though I know people really enjoy them. I’m almost done with my third and final term paper, and then I’ll have almost two months off (a consequence of shortened semesters due to Covid)! …
A Sermon Given on the First Day of Advent Gospel Reading: Mark 13:24-37. Read here. “And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.”Amen. Happy New Year! Today is the first day of Advent, which marks the beginning of a new year in churches that follow the liturgical calendar. While the rest …
Content warning for descriptions of violence against Indigenous people. Just a note: I will be eating turkey and green bean casserole next week, like so many Americans across the country. My words are not intended to place a barrier between myself and others. We have choices to make under a continuing colonial system, and one …
At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, ‘Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.’ He said to them, ‘Go and tell that fox for me, “Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. Yet today, tomorrow, and the …
This morning, rushed for timeI drank my coffee black In the dawns of youthful ignoranceI drank it black to scald sweet morning dew As time trudged on and the days duskedI warmed milk, frothed and golden Attempting to conjure the sunNot exactly light, but lighter still Today, late for morning prayerI drank my coffee black …
This post was originally published in 2018 and was republished in October 2020 with the Presidential election on the horizon. Pursuing Hope in Political Conversations The US political climate in the Trump age is burdensome to say the least. Fear yields anxiety yields rage yields exhaustion. We are traumatized, the systemically and personally vulnerable among …
Links That Changed Me | September 2020 Fashion Industry 2 Sentenced to Hang for Deadly Garment Factory Fire in Pakistan “The fire raised questions about poor regulations in the country’s industrial and manufacturing sectors. Activists and victims’ families say factory owners have been mostly lax or negligent in setting up proper security protocols, leaving workers …
A Sermon Preached on September 20, 2020 Readings: Exodus 16:2-15 Matthew 20:1-16 Draw near to the Lord, for he has heard your [whining]. When I was a kid, my sister and I inherited nicknames from our older cousins. My sister, prone to ramming her head into things by sitting too close to sharp-edged coffee tables, …