Welcome to the August 3, 2008 edition of engaged spirituality.  Hosting these carnivals is an interesting process.  As the host, you can ask in several different ways  for submissions only directly related to a topic, and there are inevitably some who pay no attention and post everything and anything to the carnival. About ...

This is my last blog post from Oregon, before the real journey begins- tomorrow. My lord, I just got here but it's been a year. I'm sitting in my empty house, and outside sits the almost full, slightly lopsided, U-HAUL. Wisconsin bound. Heaviest things in front, light things in back. The sadness I feel is complete and deep. ...