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23/ “If you dream of Paradise, you must work for it,” Nund Rishi averred. The Kingdom isn't a theory. It's a method. Jesus the carpenter, Kabir the weaver, Nund Rishi the farmer. Their theology came with calluses. The praxis of the poor—one loaf, one coat, one sapling at a time.

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How beautiful is friendship forged in the infinitely penetrating natural intelligence of deep diversity work? My goodness, what delight and yes, sweet care, among pan-bioregional pals of the #AgrarianSharingNetwork at our first planning meeting for 2022, this eve. Find us on FB.

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Copy of tweet here: How beautiful is friendship forged in the infinitely penetrating natural intelligence of deep diversity work? My goodness, what delight and yes, sweet care, among pan-bioregional pals of the #AgrarianSharingNetwork at our first planning meeting for 2022, this eve. Find us on FB. Image of description of Agrarian Sharing Network … [deletion for alt-text limit] Quote tweet: · “Diversity needs to be understood as a primary expression of beauty, and also, therefore, as one of the primary values of Spirit in an evolutionary universe." - Bruce Sanguin. Then, there’s grounding the realpolitik. Take the work of the #AgrarianSharingNetwork for example. x.com/nick_routledge…

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Nick Routledge@AgrarianSharing · 23 Mar 2025

Today we were back to Eugene, OR, where we got our start as a single, tiny seedswap, decades ago. It's fair to say our volunteer team has been taken aback by the abiding, meaningful, loving friendships birthed and deepened through the years. We know it's of the work and special.

Amy and Adrienne, working the rootstock table.
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Amy and Adrienne, working the rootstock table.

Attendees check out apple scion.
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Attendees check out apple scion.

Attendees check out fog and quince scion.
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Attendees check out fog and quince scion.

Our grafters wed scion to rootstock for folk.
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Our grafters wed scion to rootstock for folk.

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @TheBruderhof Paradise begins where breath meets labor. This is not metaphor. It is action, not abstraction—the incarnation practiced at ground level. Dirt under fingernails. Jim Wallis: "Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are the peace-lovers.' He said, 'peacemakers.'" The labor of peace is handmade.Quoted by@TheBruderhof Paradise begins where breath meets labor. This is not metaphor. It is action, not abstraction—the incarnation practiced at ground level. Dirt under fingernails. Jim Wallis: "Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are the peace-lovers.' He said, 'peacemakers.'" The labor of peace is handmade.Quoted by@NatureSchoolSU @WifeMamaHome @RizomaSchool 17/ A carpenter can't post-truth their way through a joint that won't hold. Here, every act of making, growing, or repairing is a small act of spell-breaking. Every return to immediate, consequential engagement with matter, an act of truth. Credibility stops trading as optics.