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Book Review – Gardening Eden

Michael Abbate’s Gardening Eden is everything I had hoped it would be:

Well-written

Authoritative

Fresh

Honest

Grounded

Abbate combines his experience as a landscape architect and his knowledge of biblical text to present a compelling argument for his assertion that Christians should be at the leading edge of environmental protection.

“People of faith [...]

Now what do we do?

All the strategic planning in the world is worthless if it doesn’t turn into action.

American liberals – some call themselves progressives – are finding out that driving the bus is different than riding in the bus.

This piece from the NBC news blog, is a good reminder to anyone who wants to do something different. Make sure [...]

I guess every family has it's issues

Despite the attempted humor in the headline, we are excited about my brother John’s decision to run for a seat on the Redwood City (CA) Council. This is a video of his announcement event, during which he “blames” me for being the influence that led him to throw his hat into the ring.

I suspect he meant [...]