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Hiking the C2C from Corvallis to the Coast

Hiking the C2C from Corvallis to the Coast

Posted on July 31, 2024 Posted in Be Tagged with beauty, connection to the land, pain, travel

This spring, my friend and I spent six days hiking 60 miles from the Willamette Valley over the Oregon coast range to the Pacific Ocean. I kept a journal. Here it is—but first, some notes. …

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Pain Does Not Teach

Pain Does Not Teach

Posted on May 20, 2015 Posted in Parent Tagged with pain, positive discipline

We’ve got this notion that people — kids, especially — need to suffer a little bit when they do something wrong, so that next time, they’ll think, “Last time I suffered. I don’t think I’ll do that again.”

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Jesus Year: Crucifixion

Jesus Year: Crucifixion

Posted on April 19, 2014 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with pain

The other day we went for a drive toward Mount Hood. I was feeling sick, so I stayed in the car when the family got out to explore the woods in the snow. But they were …

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Loneliness

Loneliness

Posted on March 3, 2012 Posted in Feel Tagged with digital life, disconnection, loneliness, pain

Why do I imagine blogging would help with the loneliness? It’s not a conscious thought, more an impulse. Open the browser. Find a beautiful photo. Create something—maybe something other people will find. Something that will …

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Relax, and Go

Relax, and Go

Posted on March 10, 2010 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with faith, fear, pain, say yes, transformation

I see in myself a holding back. I see in myself a constriction, an inability to relax and experience … a fear. Of what am I afraid? That if I let go, nothing will be. That if …

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