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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…
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When Cows Garden
July 5, 2015 We rotate cattle from pasture to pasture. As long as their numbers are balanced to land, rotational pasturing allows for healthier pasture, abundant grass, and more cattle per acre. After five weeks, we began our second pass through the pastures a week ago. A week later we moved the cattle to the…
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From Historical Oppression to Modern Oppressor
June 26, 2015 I, like many others, never heard of the 2013 Dominican Constitutional Court ruling saying citizenship would no longer naturally be given to a person born in the Dominican Republic. Like others, I tripped over my own foot when I understood the people/government of the Dominican Republic (DR) approved a systemic change that…
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Forever Learning, Forever Teaching
June 21, 2015 [Post By Selys Rivera: Yakama Christian Mission Intern 2015] There it sat, promising it could get me to where I needed to go if I only had the patience – a 1986 Nissan pickup truck. The yellow paint was faded with age. The trunk suffered from something similar to tendinitis. The steering…
Chewing the Cud 