Here is a minute for mission I didn’t do this morning because I instead took someone to the emergency room (which seems to always take at least two or three hours). It is here to spark ideas for your own…
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October 20, 2008
Posts By: Andrew Kang Bartlett
October 12, 2008
shock doctrine
I thought I’d be prepared by the title not to be shocked by Naomi Klein’s book “Shock Doctrine,” but it keeps happening! By the way, the relationship to food and faith is in the way shocks have been used by…
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October 8, 2008
Economic justice at core of food justice
Reading the Peacemaking Program’s blog this evening, I was reminded of the great talk Roberto Jordan presented at this year’s Peacemaking Conference. The Presbyterian News Service posted a story on the keynote presentation by Rev. Jordan of Argentina. He is…
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October 5, 2008
Fasting, malls and the eucharist
I was told I’d need a taxi. Instead, I started out walking from the hotel east on Route 70 in search of a church where I could break my fast with communion. Cars whizzed by me as I walked where…
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September 21, 2008
don’t fool with mother nature?
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September 17, 2008
hurricane ike and the church parking lot
Early Monday morning, I rode my bicycle down Frankfort Ave amidst the devastation from 75 mile-an-hour winds of the day before. Giant oak trees that had stretched to the sky two days prior lay on their sides – broken. I…
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September 13, 2008
fasting in the bible
Friends are in the middle of Ramadan now, fasting every day for 30 days. Fasting used to be a common thing back in the day for Jews and Christians, too (see the list below!). I wonder why it lost its…
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September 4, 2008
twinkie longevity
I was wondering on my Facebook just how long a Twinkie would last, and low and behold Toddie Peters (author of In Search of the Good Life: The Ethics of Globalization, which only tangentially relates to junk food) provided one…
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September 3, 2008
what is in season? test yourself
Take the quiz from National Geographic! The rest of their Green Guide is great, too.
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August 25, 2008
urban hunt
While the adrenaline never flowed as I imagine it would hunting buffalo or lions with spears, urban hunting is satisfying. This was a 15-minute harvest of some old apple trees along the train tracks across from the Chevron station at…
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