Small Towns and the Spirit of the Sugarhouse

Small Towns and the Spirit of the Sugarhouse

A friend told me maple sugaring in Vermont is a way of life. He said this as we were installing new sap runs and tapping a new section of his 150+ acre sugarbush. I have to agree with him. Chris Bohjalian, author and fellow small-towner, has written that steam from a...
Rethinking Institutional Life

Rethinking Institutional Life

Institutions are formed to serve specific purposes — often very important ones.  So we organize ourselves in many different ways — creating these numerous institutions in which we become involved to varying degrees. Except for an occasional hermit here and there,...
Since We Are Surrounded

Since We Are Surrounded

Kentucky author George Ella Lyon has a great poem titled “Where I’m From.” In it, she offers snapshots of her childhood growing up in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky and the people who have been part of her own story. Recently, my church enjoyed writing our own...