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Considering the Purple Cow Pill
August 09, 2015 Soon there may be a new solution for problematic burping. A Purple Pill, of sorts, except for cows rather than humans. Folk might have heard it said that cow farting contributes to high methane levels, which depletes ozone. However, the cow methane problem comes from cow belching rather than their farting. Being…
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Generational Food Justice
August 02, 2015 [Post By Selys Rivera: Yakama Christian Mission Intern 2015] This is supposed to be humane? I thought to myself when David Bell took me to the cattle auction for the first time. He wanted to take me the first week I arrived so I could handle it better once we brought workgroups.…
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Justice Arrives Through the Voices of the Fearless
July 26, 2015 I watched as folk went to the microphones and spoke. Over a few days, they spoke on a number of issues and resolutions at the assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Many who spoke were pastors or folk who held some role of publicly speaking in the Church. Many were…
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God is in the Flies
July 19, 2015 [Post By Selys Rivera: Yakama Christian Mission Intern 2015] When I first arrived at JustLiving Farm/Yakama Christian Mission this summer, I was determined to prove I was more than just a city girl. So to detox from city life, I sat down on a bench and willed myself to connect with nature.…
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Pope Francis’ Bolivian Apology: A Call to Conversation or A Religious Appeasement?
July 12, 2015 Many hoped Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope, would take a path leading to a new voice from the Church. I don’t know if we are hearing a new voice, yet, but at least the voice we are hearing calls for deeper conversations. While visiting Bolivia this last Thursday, Pope Francis apologized…
Chewing the Cud 