Dave

  • Becoming Disturbed

    You can feel it without seeing it.  The blank stare—over the phone.  This was one of them.  I’d mentioned the Doctrine of Discovery with that tone of “of course you—as a leader within the Church—know something about this.”  I didn’t pick up on it… Continue reading

    Becoming Disturbed

  • All of Day

    Butterflies are flying.  I have set the irrigation lines and I’m now heading to turn on the irrigation pump.  I notice small white and orange butterflies, of to my left, as I drive the four-wheeler along the eastern edge of the hayfield.  I’m… Continue reading

    All of Day

  • Plum Moon

    The only word for this year’s plum moon season is, abundant.  It began in the late of winter.  The weather warmed and the fruit trees, all of them, bloomed at once.  Normally, the apricots will bloom first.  Followed by plumbs and then by the… Continue reading

    Plum Moon

  • Church in Conflict: Disciples Struggle with Indigenous

    The following was written as a Position Paper to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) A hint of afternoon heat whispers behind the cool morning air.  Late spring has a way of saying what was and what is.  We sit beneath a… Continue reading

    Church in Conflict: Disciples Struggle with Indigenous