Justice

  • A Coyote Paradox

    During the warm days of early spring a coyote settled into an irrigation culvert near the barn.  Whelping soon afterwards, she did a good job of keeping quiet and us unaware.  Until, that is, we began running irrigation water.  All of a sudden,… Continue reading

    A Coyote Paradox

  • 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

  • Trusting We Matter to Our Siblings

    Over the next few weeks I am visiting west and southwest US reserves, ceded, and unceded landscapes.  The western viewscape easily holds my attention for hours.  Yet, while driving, I am bound to turn to the radio.   Continue reading

    Trusting We Matter to Our Siblings

  • Beloved Creation

    Quail are a good measure of the day’s cold.  Each evening a covey settles in the wild willows west of home near the cattle’s water trough.  During summers height they sometimes don’t make it back from the wonder of a day’s wandering… Continue reading

    Beloved Creation