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"Public spaces shape civic imagination. Parks, porches, plazas — these are civic liturgies, spaces that cultivate presence, memory, and accountability. They train us in the subtle choreography of being neighbors."

This quote is from a great Strong Towns article by Jarah Jacquay on how places form people.

www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...

Opinion | Christian Cancel Culture Strikes Again

The application of the Golden Rule should be clear in this case. If Christians want the freedom to participate in the American marketplace without facing reprisals for their faith or their beliefs about God’s design for the family, shouldn’t they extend that same courtesy to those who disagree?

Hattie McDaniel lived in Fort Collins for a short time when she was a young child. She later went on to win an Academy Award for her role in Gone With the Wind. The house where she lived was part of an early African-American neighborhood in north Fort Collins (near today's Martinez Park).

...in addition to training assistance, road construction, and other belt & road related work China is pouring into Uganda. It is substantial. If a time comes when Uganda (& all other African nations receiving Chinese donations) have to choose between China and America, which way will they swing?

Was in Newberg, OR and surrounding area this past weekend. Snapped some photos of the architecture at George Fox University. Also visited David Hill Vineyards.

Historic Larimer County held their annual Preservation Celebration at the 1883 Fort Collins Water Works this past weekend. Wayne Sundberg was given a lifetime achievement award. Dick Spiess was awarded for the attentive restoration he's done on the Water Works bldg. Congratulations Wayne and Dick!

I thought a MAGA body had more to do with the level of John Wayne is exuded. So it's not necessarily whether the person is physically fit, but more along the lines of, Does he carry himself with bravado? On a scale of 0 - Randy Savage, how macho is he?

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

"A resurrection church that follows a resurrected savior should be a balm, not a blowtorch. It will never be perfect, of course, but its fundamental orientation isn’t toward protecting itself, but toward serving others. Its default posture toward difference isn’t suspicion, but affection."

From this morning's National Trust for Historic Preservation newsletter.....

Fred Gray Lectureship: Talking Politics, Keeping Faith - Lipscomb Event on Lipscomb

I'm looking forward to joining my great friend @drmoore.bsky.social at Lipscomb University in Nashville to talk about a better path for Christian political engagement. If you're in town, please stop on by! our.lipscomb.edu/e/fred-gray-...

Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation National 1 / 2 This undated image provided by Wisconsin Historical Society shows Chief Shab-eh-nay. (Wisconsin Historical Society via AP) FILE - Joseph Zeke Rupnick, chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation based in Mayetta, Kansas, seen in a screen grab from Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/John O'Connor) This undated image provided by Wisconsin Historical Society shows Chief Shab-eh-nay. (Wisconsin Historical Society via AP)

Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

National 1 / 2 This undated image provided by Wisconsin Historical Society shows Chief Shab-eh-nay. (Wisconsin Historical Society via AP) FILE - Joseph Zeke Rupnick, chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation based in Mayetta,…

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The Trump administration is confessing to its own constitutional violations. On Morning Joe earlier today I tried to explain that the admin's actions are truly extraordinary. I never saw anything quite like this in more than 20 years of litigation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJpP...

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This is a good update. I'm glad to see things are moving in a positive direction. Silence in the skies. Silence at sea. And sons and daughters brought home. Fingers crossed.

youtu.be/eWPeHdAQk_k

"Urban residents are less likely to know anyone in their community if the shops around them have parking lots. Conversely, fewer asphalt dead zones means more foot traffic and more business." - Stephanie Meeks, The Past and Future City.

When you're feeling the dirt being piled up around you, choose to see it as an opportunity to be reborn -- stronger and better.

Z's firmness, humility, and thankfulness have impressed me as he stands strong against his Communist neighbors who are trying to steal Ukraine from Ukrainians.

www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/co...

The better rooted we are, the easier it is to weather the storms. I find myself rooted in 3 ways -- rooted to people, to place, and to routine. I love my morning routine. First I let the chicken out. Stepping outside immediately orients me to the weather, the sounds of the city, & smells in the air.

YouTube video by The Kiffness Ukrainian Folk Song 🇺🇦 ARMY REMIX | Andriy Khlyvnyuk x The Kiffness

Peace to Ukraine, to all of Ukraine.

Denver.
Thank you for standing with #Ukraine!

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Do you have a place where you feel more you? that helps you feel safe, welcome, whole?

I'm looking forward to the Montezuma Fuller retrospective tonight at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. MW Fuller was Fort Collins most prominent early architect, designing several of our iconic historic buildings. (Photo of MW Fuller from the Archive at the FCMoD.)

Bruce Metzger, reflecting on the book of Revelation...

We tend to underestimate the amount to which our built environment affects our mood, our health, even our connection to other people.

City Park Sunday morning.

Thought for the day.

The way I think of it is that there are people who take Jesus' sayings to heart and allow them to reshape who they are. And there are those who take some of Jesus' sayings and wear them as a cloak or shield, but their person remains the same as it ever was. They wear a Christiany shell.

Happy Valentine's Day, Fort Collins!

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