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God’s Wisdom in Nature
God, in his wisdom and through the millennia, has evolved and woven together a rich web of creatures and plants that sustains and propagates life and the variety of life that he obviously (because he made so much of it) loves. We’re blessed to be able to explore, understand, appreciate, and care for (when we…
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We Dance poem
Recently, the Feb 9-12, 2023 Sweetheart Jamboree in Bellevue, Washington was announced (website at http://www.sweetheartjamboree.com/), which brought to mind the wonderful experience I had at the 2022 Jamboree and the beautiful experiences that my wife and I have had with ballroom dance through different phases of life. In the following poem (which was posted to…
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Trees—on Joyce Kilmer’s Day
Trees, trees, and more trees“Trees, trees and more trees,” was Golden Gate Park Supervisor John McLaren’s motto when he helped design the shaded, pleasant, walkable, and popular Lithia Park in Ashland, Oregon. Trees, we know (besides making our neighborhoods cooler and more pleasant), are part of the solution to the climate crisis. Only God can…
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America doesn’t, and then it does
America doesn’t, and then it does—it’s often our history. As my blog post of 25 July “America Surrenders on Climate Change” (accessible at https://mrmconservation.com/2022/07/25/america-surrenders-on-climate-change/) related, America’s Congress had given up on passing climate legislation . . . but then it put forth big climate legislation. If passed, this legislation will remake America as a clean…
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America Surrenders on Climate Change
24 July 2022 Jon Talton, “Surrender on Climate Change Bakes Catastrophe Into the Planet’s Cake,” The Seattle Times, 24 July 2022, Print, C5 and C10; 22 July 2022, Web, https://www.seattletimes.com/business/surrender-on-climate-change-bakes-catastrophe-in-the-planets-cake/ My synopsis of this article: President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, with its many climate-action initiatives, would have launched the United States on a…
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God’s nature advocacy
God’s nature advocacy: The application by people of faith of their talents toward Earth stewardship. Just as we serve God in discipleship, caring for the poor and afflicted, pastoring, singing, cooking for the congregation, volunteering in church projects, supporting youth, and the myriad other ways that God has made possible for us to express his…
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Candidates endorsed by The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times endorsements were published in the 17 July 2022 (Sunday) issue on p. D3 and can be accessed at https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/seattle-times-editorial-board-endorsements-aug-2-2022-primary/ (e-published 8 July 2022 and updated 21 July 2022). My Comments:I’m glad I live where a free and healthy press still exists and where newspapers publish their recommendations on which candidates to vote…
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Two Left Feet
“I can’t dance. I have no rhythm. I have two left feet. I learned some ballroom dance in high school and just stumbled through it.” Welcome to the world of those who are not dancing, but also to the world of those who once didn’t dance, but now are. All of us dancers started as…
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If I were to die this year
If I were to die this year, what would I like for me to have been doing? Or to put it in more of a do it, present-tense way: What should I strive to do this year? Background: On 13 June 2022, I learned from my stress echocardiogram and my history that I have stable…
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What is Love?
Last night I was asked by my wife what is love? This is the bedrock definition (and desire) of love that I know of, and that I rely upon—whether I’m in the highs or lows of life. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.…
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