Tag: Portland

People Power in Portland

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Portland GreenpeaceFrom Annie Leonard, executive director of Greenpeace, in a DemocracyNow.Org interview covering the creative and courageous action blocking Shell Oil ships heading to the Arctic to drill:

Well, yesterday was an absolutely incredible day, a display of people power. Throughout the day, the crowds just kept growing, as you said. There were hundreds of kayakers going in shifts, filling the river so that if the boat tried to leave, there would be both lines of defense—the aerial barricade and then the people.
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Reading The Bible With The Land In Portland

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Grounding and cultivating wild Christian disciples and fearless spiritual leaders: that’s the mission of the Wilderness Way Community of Portland, OR, a radical ministry under the umbrella of the Oregon Synod-ELCA. In early August, members of the Wilderness Way spent some intentional stewardship time together, discerning the fate of a 6-acre property that is owned, but currently not being used, by ELCA. The community then collaboratively penned a letter to the Oregon Synod, detailing their process & conclusions:

We each walked around the property, praying and listening. We tasted the luscious blackberries, strolled through the rows of grapes, followed the path to the cross and the fire pit, and then gathered under the apple trees with limbs already heavy with green apples. We noticed the hospitality of the property and its many spaces for “outdoor classrooms.” But perhaps the clearest message we heard the land saying that afternoon was, “I want to bear fruit.”

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