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New Song for Sunday Morning | i walk
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A canoe paddling, garden tending, steep brewing journey. My Big Gay Vote No →. New Song for Sunday Morning. October 1, 2012. Quaking Bog, Wirth Park in Minneapolis, MN. Leaving the car parked as the sun tops the autumn trees. We walk into what was the very first Sanctuary:. A quaking bog with. Birches, oak, maple, and even buckthorn. Cattails, lady slipper, and moss as old as my family tree. We walk on water, carefully and tenderly. One foot in front of the other. In a slow march for a. In a quaking bog.
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My Big Gay Vote No | i walk
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A canoe paddling, garden tending, steep brewing journey. New Song for Sunday Morning. Vote No: Love Your Neighbor as Yourself →. My Big Gay Vote No. October 12, 2012. By my friend Jacob, a few thoughts on why I’m Voting No against the Marriage Amendment). The first time she noticed another woman. What it was like coming out to his parents. The challenge and longing in looking for a partner. Are they from the pain of secrecy after so many years? To be honest, I may never really know. However, the conseque...
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Vote No: Love Your Neighbor as Yourself | i walk
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A canoe paddling, garden tending, steep brewing journey. My Big Gay Vote No. Vote No: Love Your Neighbor as Yourself. October 30, 2012. Guest post from my dear friend Jacob Ruff,. As published by the Bethel Clarion. A compassionate and thought provoking articulation for voting down Minnesota’s Marriage Amendment. Advocates for the amendment claim that its purpose is to ensure that children are brought up in a family with a mother and a father. Further calling the motives of the amendment into question is...
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i walk | a canoe paddling, garden tending, steep brewing journey | Page 2
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A canoe paddling, garden tending, steep brewing journey. Newer posts →. November 23, 2011. You cannot know a lake, yourself, or God. Until, being out on the water, your eyes are trained to see what was always overlooked:. A gentle, persistent breeze is pricked. From your vantage, sequential lines form and move in parallel towards your canoe. Coming closer and closer, then passing. Just after dawn the lines will display a remarkable contrast of light and dark. It is paradox at its finest. There is no grey.
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Apocalyptic Parent Conspiracy! | i walk
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A canoe paddling, garden tending, steep brewing journey. Vote No: Love Your Neighbor as Yourself. September 26, 2013. No, not Al Qaeda. Not the NRA. Not even high fructose corn syrup. While you weren’t paying attention, it has slowly and quietly crept in and is now, as we speak, destroying the souls of the most vulnerable among us our children. No, its not bullies at school. Not choking on food. Not even rock and roll. Already you’re thinking mud and guts. I know! Parents. Damn parents. They are resilien...
