This week at Flourish find out what made one Bible-believing church take huge steps to care for creation, peruse a collection of creation care related links from around the Web, and read Joseph Sittler, author of Evocations of Grace, write about society’s “brutalizing rootlessness.”
Weekly Recap
This week at Flourish read author John Dyer on the impact of technology on our lives, peruse a collection of creation care links from around the Web, hear Dr. Rusty Pritchard share a story about cooking with his daughter and reflect on what we lose when our lives become too efficient, and read Henry David Thoreau on “cultivating simplicity.”
This week at Flourish be reminded of the long heritage within Christianity of care for God’s creatures, find out how you can get free tickets to “58″ a film about the global church and social justice, and stay plugged in to what is happening in the creation care community with our weekly selection of links from around the Web.
This week at Flourish read Christian Buckley interview Jim Moriarty about the difference between environmentalism and Christian environmentalism, read a collection of creation care links from around the web, and reflect on a quote from Agnes Sanford’s book The Healing Gifts of the Spirit.
This week at FLOURISH see the incredible photos from the winners of the 2011 Creation Care Photo Contest, peruse a collection of creation care links from around the Web, find out about A Rocha and what it is doing to steward the environment, and hear from poet Rainer Maria Rilke as marvels at God in creation.
This week at Flourish meet Denise Giardina and hear about her fight to stop mountaintop removal mining, learn a few theology lessons with Kelly Hagan in her garden, read an interview with photographer Scott Myers and find out what creation looks like from his side of the lens, and, last but not least, visit Flourish and see our newly redesigned look!
This week at Flourish get a fresh perspective on creation care and the rural poor, read Kristyn Komarnicki write about the struggle to “unplug,” find out about Dr. Mark Eckel’s “theology of place,” and learn how to build church partnerships with local nature preserves.
This week at Flourish hear the inspiring story of a the church that served its community by planting a church garden, read Andy Crouch ask Eugene Peterson and Peter Harris all about creation care, find out what Wendell Berry looks like from the perspective of an “amateur,” and get ideas for a sunday school seed planting activity to help kids at your church enjoy creation care.
This week at Flourish join Steven Bouma-Prediger in the search for a home for today’s “ecological exiles,” wonder with Rachel Starr Thomson at notes of grace in the middle of Detroit in the form of migrating geese, read Ragan Sutterfield’s review of The Achievement of Wendell Berry: The Hard History of Love, and meditate on what the epistles have to say about creation care in another installment of our series “Creation Care in the Bible.”
This week at Flourish learn about how a degraded landscape can deepen the poverty of the rural poor, find out about the National Association of Evangelicals upcoming creation care video contest, search with Margaret Feinberg for the connections between our use of resources and issues of environmental justice, and get a few good ideas about how to pray for creation care as a church.
This week at Flourish learn the dirty ins and outs (and beauties) of a worm bin, read one mother reflect on how parenting is a high calling—even a mission field, revisit some of the best posts from our weekly series Deep Down Things, and see the first post in a new series called “Parents on Parenting” where veteran parents give advice to new moms and dads.
This week at Flourish read Matthew Sleeth reflect on how to “choose Christ” in a commercialized world, hear a Biblical basis for the value of parks and public spaces, learn about the story of one photographer who was captivated by the beauty of creation after becoming a Christian, and get tips for how to clean the house without dirtying the environment.
This week at Flourish learn about the 2011 Creation Care photo contest, update your summer reading list with creation care must-reads, get some tips on how to view advertising with discernment, and peruse our guide to backyard astronomy then go outside for some fun with your family under the nighttime sky.
This week at Flourish read Abigail Carroll’s poetry, hear the story of a family who turned their backyard into a vegetable maze, let Kate Harris help you reflect on how to live faithfully in the suburbs, and see how your family can get started with creation care by having a good ol’ family meeting.
