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Once you were darkness, but…

By On September 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

It’s halfway through September, and clearly I haven’t been writing on this blog. It is not because I haven’t been writing! On October 8th, the diocesan profile for the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan’s bishop search process is scheduled to go live on our website. I didn’t write much of the profile, but [...]

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Bishop Search Resources: We Can Do Better

By On July 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I wrote earlier that I had neglected my blog because I was sick for most of June.  That is true.

Note the scenic location of my recent vacation:

But that’s not the only reason I haven’t been blogging lately. The other reason is that I am spending online time another way: [...]

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In real life, there are no guarantees

By On January 14, 2012 · 2 Comments

In the quest to begin a farm operation in 2012, today I attended the Michigan Food & Farming Systems annual conference. Here are my takeaways:

1) I have now gone to enough farming conferences in Michigan that I recognize people from other events.  People I only see at farming conferences.

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7 reasons I don’t take much for granted

By On December 4, 2011 · 6 Comments

1.  I’m a Christian. I wasn’t raised to be a Christian.  In fact, my father explicitly told me that Christianity made no sense.  I love being a Christian.  More on that later.

2.  I’m married.  I’ve been married twelve years.  To the same husband: my only husband.  My parents got divorced.  My grandparents got divorced. [...]

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