Last week, I took my older son to the Charis Teaching Farm with me. We had researched a natural farming practice called “Banana Circles” and we were anxious to implement it. Banana Circles are essentially a 1 meter wide pit dug 1 meter deep. The excess dirt is piled on the rim of the pit….
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Anger as a Starting Point
I concluded my last post, a book review of Undaunted, the story of a Karen family escaping the violence of the Burmese army, with a quote that included the sentence, “I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, I want you to feel angry, and I want you to do something about it….
Finding Meaning in the Work
It’s amazing how simple stories can bear the strongest meaning. Jesus is known for the parables he shared. To 21st century westerners, they appear quaint, but full of wisdom. However, for 1st century agrarians, these stories connected them to the deep truths that they, in part, already knew. The one that I most connected with while…
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