Rusty Pritchard of Flourish Magazine recently interviewed Mark Linfield, co-director of Chimpanzee, to be released today in theaters across the United States. FLOURISH MAGAZINE: What inspired you to make Chimpanzee? Mark Linfield: … [Read more...]
Interview: Mark Linfield, Director of Disneynature Feature Chimpanzee
April 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Connecting Kids to Creation: Everything is Interesting
March 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
by Rusty Pritchard The wiring is already there. The mental infrastructure is in place. It's up to us to provide the raw materials. I'm not a romantic. Don't accuse me of putting the "noble savage" on a pedestal. I'm part scientist, part … [Read more...]
Motherhood as a Mission Field
July 26, 2011 by 3 Comments
Do you think that parenting can be a mission field? In her article "Motherhood as a Mission Field" author Rachael Jankovic says that it is. She writes: The closer you get to home, the less intriguing the work of sacrifice seems. As someone once … [Read more...]
Richard Bateman: Kids Need the “Subtle Beauty” of the Backyard
March 12, 2011 by 1 Comment
"If people develop a place for nature, all else will follow. Once you have this love, it is easy to begin a lifetime of being immersed in the natural world." So says artist and environmentalist Richard Bateman in an interview in the Oxonian … [Read more...]
Richard Louv Wants To Save Your Kids From The Indoors
March 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, coined the term "nature-deficit disorder" to describe the negative affects children favoring the indoors over the outdoors. At first, the idea … [Read more...]
A Texas Family Connects With the Outdoors… Through Squirrel Hunting.
January 15, 2011 by 3 Comments
Royce Johnson, 65-year-old farmer, says in an article in Texas Monthly, "I've got nothing against computers, but I find them so boring. I can sit on a stump just about anywhere in the woods and be fascinated for hours." Is he talking about … [Read more...]
Kids at Youth Farm Learn Where Food Comes From
January 4, 2011 by 1 Comment
At Youth Farm kids "do everything from seed to harvest" and then they get to cook and eat what they have grown. Its a camp devoted to developing youth that uses food and nature as tools to teach kids life skills and give them a hands-on experience of … [Read more...]
Get Outdoors this Christmas!
December 23, 2010 by 2 Comments
[Ed. note: This article is part of our weekly series of church activities, called Cultivating Community, published on Thursdays.] The holidays can mean lots of eating, lounging around, and whining "I'm bored." What a waste! Christmas break, … [Read more...]
God Made Known in Creation
December 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Merry Christmas from Flourish! We're taking time to celebrate the "firstborn over all creation," so in lieu of a regular "Deep Down Things" post, we invite you to enjoy this: Dr. Bruce Ware, Professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist … [Read more...]
Make Scottish Shortbread – to Give or Enjoy With Family
December 12, 2009 by 4 Comments
by Joanna Pritchard [Ed. note: this article is part of our series of weekly family activities called Family Fun, published on Fridays.] There’s some part of any baking recipe that children of any age can really get into, in addition to … [Read more...]
Ditch the Stores and Get Outdoors!
December 4, 2009 by 3 Comments
by Joanna Pritchard [Ed. note: this article is part of our series of weekly family activities called Family Fun, published on Fridays] Winter may be around the corner, but there’s no need to hibernate. Fall and winter landscapes have … [Read more...]
What do YOU see in the full moon?
December 3, 2009 by 1 Comment
The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. (1 Co 15:41 NIV) by Rusty Pritchard Full moon tonight. What do you see when you look up at the moon? Do you see the … [Read more...]
Keeping It Real in the Market for Christmas Trees
December 1, 2009 by 1 Comment
by Rusty Pritchard Does the prospect of choosing a Christmas tree fill you with the same environmental angst that you get when confronted with “paper or plastic”? or “cloth or disposable diapers”? Those are actually two very hard … [Read more...]
Deep Down Things: Down-Home Environmentalism
November 25, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Kendra Langdon Juskus This is the first year I won't be traveling to upstate New York to my grandmother's house for Thanksgiving. My grandmother passed away last year, and as I reflect on her life this holiday season, I'm re-posting these … [Read more...]