Spirituality and religion have been two fairly separate things for me for some time. Spiritual experiences generally fell under the realm of connection with the natural world, sometimes resulting in supernatural feelings of meaning and belonging. Paddling out in the ocean, feeling the salt seep into my pores, gentle waves rhythmically lapping my sturdy foam … Continue reading Church: The remix
Mindful and Relational Spirituality at the Farm
These are my words for the community: earth-respecting and holistic. By this,I mean something akin to what Barbara Kingsolver speaks to in her novel, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. She writes: At its heart, a genuine food culture is an affinity between people and the land that feeds them. Step one, probably, is to live on the … Continue reading Mindful and Relational Spirituality at the Farm
a real farm
I never thought I’d be blogging from a toilet seat, but here I sit, having acquired something considerably more exciting than a stomach virus. A few weeks ago a discerning kindergartner asked where, since we are, after all, a farm, were the animals? Today, we have become a real farm. And the answer to the … Continue reading a real farm
Hueneme, place of resting kindly
More and more, we take for granted that work must be destitute of pleasure. More and more, we assume that if we want to be pleased we must wait until evening, or the weekend, or vacation, or retirement. More and more, our farms and forests resemble our factories and offices, which in turn more and … Continue reading Hueneme, place of resting kindly
Everything belongs …or blogs
Here at the farm we’ve been talking a lot around the kitchen table. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and in between — we are our own school of thought. Here’s our ritual in the morning: we stumble in about 7/7:30 to get some coffee, we sit at the table and read the Ventura County Star, and we … Continue reading Everything belongs …or blogs
(in)experience
There’s a common question that arises on farm tours about five rows on to the 10 acres when I have to bend over yet again to try and decipher the bleached-off name of another form of squash. “So…how much farming experience did you have before this?” While the squash has started to help the identification … Continue reading (in)experience
Abundant Table Farm Historical site 