Reviving Lives and Landscapes

Quotable Creation Care: John Calvin is Overwhelmed

John Calvin is overwhelmed.

Famine to Feast: The Story of Anathoth Community Garden

“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.”

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Ten Ways to Grow Your Own Food(shed)

“Your church’s members have probably helped build a house for a deserving family. Now they can help build something much larger.”

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Fresh from the Farm: Reasons to Celebrate National Farmers Market Week

Celebrate National Farmers Market Week with pictures from YOUR local market. Send your photos of fresh food and local faces to editor@flourishonline.org.

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Quotable Creation Care: Barbara Kingsolver on genuine “food culture”

Barbara Kingsolver on genuine “food culture,” from her book on local agriculture: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.

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The Global Dinner Table: How what we eat here affects lives everywhere

The global food crisis is closer to home than you think.

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Cultivate Community by Sharing Your Skills (and your truck, and your weed whacker…)

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.

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The Neighborly Arts: How Skills Contribute to Community

“When we send strangers to do the work of friends, we are outsourcing camaraderie.”

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Quotable Creation Care: Madeleine L’Engle on Co-Creating

“Remember–the root word of humble and human is the same…earth.”

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Earth in Art

Artist Jennifer Lynn Haas takes the themes of resurrection, beauty, forgiveness, and nurturing from creation and paints them across her canvas.

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Bagging Plastic (and Paper!) with Your Own Reusable Bags

The cloth bags your church members will be carrying around town will do more than just keep plastic bags out of sea turtles’ stomachs. They’ll also let others know about your church community and the One it serves.

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