Tag Archives: Place

Sacred Days and Desecrated Days

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

There are no unsacred places; There are only sacred places And desecrated places. – from “How to Be a Poet” by Wendell Berry This year during Thanksgiving there were a number of stores having sales on Thursday already. This prompted … Continue reading →

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The Peace of Wild Things

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

This is a well known poem of Wendell Berry’s. I have wanted to avoid some of his more well known works, but they are still so full of meaning and poignance for me that I cannot ignore them. This one … Continue reading →

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Sex and the Land (Leviticus 18 and 20)

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

Leviticus 18:24-28 Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled. Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sins, and … Continue reading →

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The Original Sin of Church and State

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

I’ve been interested in First People, Native American, indigenous issues ever since I spent two weeks on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. I was working at a Lutheran camp based near Ft. Collins, CO and worked with High … Continue reading →

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The Presence of Absence

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

This poem is too short to quote from and make any sense. So, I will quote the whole thing. “The Want of Peace” from Openings (1968) by Wendell Berry All goes back to the earth, and so I do not … Continue reading →

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