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Boots
May 26, 2012 I put on a new pair of boots today. Letting the old worn-out boots go isn’t easy. Boots worn on a mostly daily base speak something about the wearer’s life. Boots tell a story about the wearer’s physical life, social life, and spiritual life. My old boots always go through the same…
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Between the Ridges: George Tinker Presentation
May 10, 2012 Over the last few years I’ve had the opportunity to spend a fair amount of time writing on the Doctrine of Discovery (DoD). The DoD, while it has yet to have little exposure in our schools or seminaries, drives much of how we think culturally and socially. In developing my thoughts concerning…
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May Mother
May 9, 2012 Each October we turn the buck in with the does, which then gives us kids in March. But, every once in a while, a doe doesn’t take the first time around, or the second. Yesterday, two full months after all the other does kidded, the last one had her baby. After two…
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Fluid Repentance Digs Up Wholeness
April 29, 2012 Below is a post made yesterday on the Pacific Northwest United Methodist Church site. You can find the original post at http://www.pnwumc.org/gc2012/fluid-repentance-digs-up-wholeness/. The site moderator included the image. A part of Rev. TInker’s presentation is found in a 4 minute Youtube found at http://www.umc.org/site/c.lwL4KnN1LtH/b.5898953/k.A4B3/Youtube_pop_up.htm?videoId=v-DoOCp5XA0 The Rev. George Tinker helps lead an April…
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From Plow to Repentance
April 28, 2012 Below is a post I made yesterday on the Pacific Northwest United Methodist Church site. You can find the original post at http://www.pnwumc.org/gc2012/from-plow-to-repentance/. The sites moderator added the two images. The Rev. James H. Wilbur . The image on the right shows a reed-mat covered tepee in a grassy field near Yakima, Washington. This…
Chewing the Cud 