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Evenings of Lefsa, Pozole, And Black Eye Peas
December 20, 2015 When fall reaches the latter days of December life in the valley is more winter than autumn. Days are noticeably shorter than a month ago. Temperature highs are two layers of long sleeves and a vest on warm days; all that and a coat, hood, and gloves—and there is still a chill…
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Gate
after days of snow warm wind and rain come breath of sky
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Prayer & “God Isn’t Fixing This”
December 5, 2015 God Isn’t Fixing This and that is freaking people out. **** Last Sunday, like many pastors, I stood before a congregation asked what folk were joyful about and what they were concerned about. A few joys, a few concerns, and Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood—seems like a long time ago now, doesn’t it?—were…
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Welcome
soil lines beckon wonderment of foot, mind, spirit
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Time To End The Holy Day of US Thanksgiving
November 22, 2015 Indigenous peoples were thus credited with corn, beans, buckskin, log cabins, parkas, maple syrup, canoes, hundreds of lace names, Thanksgiving, and even the concepts of democracy and federalism. But this idea of the gift-giving Indian helping to establish and enrich the development of the United States is an insidious smoke screen meant…
Chewing the Cud 