“Shalom doesn’t begin once every last person is convinced they need to get on board. It begins with a few people planting gardens in a land at war. It begins with a field.”
local community
A review of “The Economics of Happiness”–a beautiful and moving, but incomplete, critique of globalization.
Environmental legalism is still legalism.
“We have abundance at our fingertips.” How will we use it?
The season of Advent means the advent of next year’s garden, too.
Looking for a better, more compassionate shopping experience this Christmas? Create your own!
The Rooted People conference: Conversations on the role of food and agriculture in the concrete jungle, and a special deal for Flourish readers.
Churches are kind of like front porches–except that hardly anyone ever bikes to them. Here’s an easy way to change that.
“Your church’s members have probably helped build a house for a deserving family. Now they can help build something much larger.”
Celebrate National Farmers Market Week with pictures from YOUR local market. Send your photos of fresh food and local faces to editor@flourishonline.org.
You might not be asking your neighbors for a cup of sugar these days, but there’s a simple way to build community and counter materialism by swapping skills and items through your church.
“When we send strangers to do the work of friends, we are outsourcing camaraderie.”
How is a nation glutted with suburbs shaping us and the environment for the worse? How can we re-imagine where we live for the better?
You’ve seen those “Adopt-a-Highway” signs on the side of the road. Your church’s name can be on one of them! Here’s how.
