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May 2019

May 14, 2019

Don’t Forget To Gather Your Harvest

Spring is my personal harvest season. The plans I made last summer, the bulbs...

March 2019

March 12, 2019

Because We Are All Placemakers

That's the claim I make in this book: like the God to whom we...

March 09, 2019

Practicing Spring While It’s Still Winter

The literal meaning of Lent is "springtime," a fact I was reminded of this...

March 05, 2019

Drawing Near to Broken Things (Lent for Placemakers)

Six years ago, we moved into a red brick farmhouse built in 1880 by...

March 02, 2019

Leaning in to the Ache of Waiting

This winter seems to be following the pattern of the previous two: in December...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

Why I Wrote a Book About Trees

Great trees have a hold on the earth we cannot match. They stretch and...

February 23, 2019

Why I Sort Of Hate That Famous Poem

It isn't the poem's fault. It isn't the poet's fault, either. But the same...