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23 Sep 2011

Where Unexpected (3 of 4)

A few miles after I hit the road from the Swett Tavern, I saw the Saturday night lights of Martin in the distance. I pedaled smoothly and calmly with the warmth of my friends easing each turn of the crank. It was getting dark, but...

23 Sep 2011

Back to School: Seminaries Respond to Climate Change

All across the country, Christian seminaries are actively seeking out new ways to love God and neighbor in the face of climate change. There a plethora of student organizations that typify these efforts. These groups form an important section of the voices responding to climate...

13 Sep 2011

Meet Chuck and Lisa

[caption id="attachment_818" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Chuck and Lisa-- here with the tandem bike-- and their neighbor Mike. Those are the J for Jackelope Velo jerseys. "][/caption] Meet Chuck and Lisa Mangus. They live just outside of Douglas, Wyoming—a small town in the southern part of the state’s...

09 Sep 2011

Fear and Forward

Leaving behind the waters that lead West, I followed a river called Wind. I followed it down and across the range where the song's antelope live without play. There, the sage stretches and spreads in the rough high plains and a belly of coal coughs...

02 Sep 2011

Into the Heartland

In addition to the two posts you will see below-- Keystone XL and Sabbath in Wilderness-- I'd like to point out the additions to the Carbon Sabbath route. Below, you can find a link to the map that is also in the Map drop down...

02 Sep 2011

Keystone XL Pipeline

Amidst the steady stream of events that gather together as history, there are defining obstacles that shape the bends and plunges we experience as a collective. How we respond to those outcrops defines our identities as individuals and as a whole forever after. Such was...

31 Aug 2011

Sabbath in Wilderness

 As the last light of summer graces fields and faces, people of all colors, creeds, and kinds turn for one last dip in the golden cup. Families pile into would-be wagons and trace the rivers to the woods. Fathers and cousins scrape off the grill...

19 Aug 2011

God’s Country

  The summer sun is constant while cotton clouds cast shifting shadows on the mountains and prairies of western Montana. Structures aging and ageless tell the stories of fortunes made and lost while oscillating between working with and taking from the land. Modern day prospectors float...

19 Aug 2011

Untold Tales

Some of the best tales go untold. This is a sad fact of life. Adventures go on all around us that would stump the latest Hollywood blockbuster. Relationships unfold in meaningful and slow ways that cannot be conveyed easily. Some tales are just too big...