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December birds of the PNW.



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Late-afternoon walk at low tide.




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Sunset on Camano Island.

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It’s been another good reading year. Here are five of my favorites with brief reviews of each.
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Mt. Baker, approaching the Anacortes Ferry Terminal.

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Mount Rainier at dawn.

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Christmas dusk on Camano Island, WA.

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Merry Christmas!

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Poking me head in here during my Advent break from social media to point to this article I wrote about… Advent.
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This week’s newsletter, provoked by a head-scratching interview with historian James McPherson about the 1619 Project.
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Breakfast with my favorite 5-yr-old.

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Twins!

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Thinking about James Baldwin and Ta-Nehisi Coates in Paris … and the fanatical white people back home.
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When it comes to racial reconciliation/justice, many white people begin by asking people of color, “Will you teach me?”
Instead, I’d suggest that white people first ask ourselves: Am I willing to see, stand for, suffer with, and submit myself to people of color?
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Day-off baking: donuts & bacon.

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Publication is still a few months away, but it seems like Rediscipling the White Church is actually going to happen.
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We use Eucharsitic Prayers in our Communion liturgy and I’m always amazed at how timely the prayers are.



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In an anti-racism training today. This understanding of racism is so key to reckoning with its scope and what is required to resist racial injustice.

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A few of my companions on my walk through Jackson Park yesterday: Hermit Thrush, Downy Woodpecker, Brown Creeper, and White-breasted Nuthatch.




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Had the good fortune of being given two of the new Library of America collection, What I Stand On: The Collected Essays of Wendell Berry 1969-2017. I’ve listed one on ebay at $30.00 off the sticker price.
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Au revoir Paris.

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A rainy morning breakfast - croissant, omelette, and espresso - at Café de Flore, one of James Baldwin’s regular spots.

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You were beautiful Crete. Our favorite.



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A reflection on the hug that has us all talking. The Offense of Grace: Botham and Brandt Jean and White Christian America’s Refusal to be Forgiven
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A beautiful day on the west coast of Crete.


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