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Feed the Birds

For the last fifteen years we have lived in a condominium. That means we have no yard to speak of. We grow a few things–tomatoes, hot peppers, basil–in containers that sit on a slab of cement. A few years ago we added a pergola, though it is probably not spelled that way, from which [...]

A Conference on Justice

Hey, this really looks interesting. It is a conference on justice, with such categories as poverty, HIV/AIDS and much more. Have look at the website. And, the conference is in Bend, Oregon in the winter. Should be a beautiful setting. http://thejusticeconference.com/

Listen to the Birds

Last month in Oregon I met some folks who graciously took me birding. I was looking for several birds to add to my lifelist, and Arden and Sherry were able to help me find those birds. Sherry used an ipod nano with a speaker to play the bird calls which helps to attune the [...]

Top Ten Rocks

I’ve been fortunate to have done a bit of traveling, so I thought I would share my top ten rocks, in no special order.

1-3 I heard that the three largest ‘stand alone’ rocks in the world are the Rock of Gibraltar, Haystack Rock on the Oregon coast, and Beacon Rock on the Washington [...]

Creation Care Consultation

Environmental Missions Consultation – Ed of Care of Creation and Lowell of Restoring Eden would like to invite you to spend five days with them in Manhattan KS this summer discussing the concept of Environmental Missions. Among the questions to be considered are: What is it? What are appropriate theological and biblical foundations? How [...]

John Muir and Ouzels

Terry O’Casey is the minister of the High Lakes Christian Church in La Pine, Oregon. He is also the President of the 2010 Oregon Christian Convention. Terry knew I would be driving from Califorina to Oregon to participate in the Spring Rally for the Convention and he invited me to spend the night.

I jumped [...]

Kakamega Forest

Any serious birder should visit the Kakamega Forest in Kenya. I was able to be there portions of three days, March 18-20, with Keith Ham and his sons Jesse and Jonathan. We hired local guides for different trips into the forest, John and Job, who helped us spot and identify many more birds than [...]

Tree-Planting

The village of Haruma/Madoya in the Mathare Valley slum of Nairobi, Kenya is one of the areas we are working in. Haruma/Madoya has about 80,000 people, and being at the bottom of the valley, is the area where the poorest of the poor live. There are no amenities and there were no toilets. It is very [...]

Crabapple Jelly

I make really good crabapple jelly! We live in a condominium, and there is only one tree on our property—a crabapple tree. We can’t really live off the land, but we do try to use those crabapples. We give the jelly away as Christmas presents. Some years we have planted peppers in pots (we [...]

Let’s Go Beyond

In July 2010 the North American Christian Convention will be held in Indianapolis. The convention theme is “Beyond,” with the idea being we need to take our faith and practice far beyond what it is now. I’m privileged to be on the executive committee of this convention, and all of us pray for the [...]