by Cindy Crosby [Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery … [Read more...]
The Bounty of Community Supported Agriculture
June 30, 2010 by 4 Comments
by Kendra Langdon Juskus [Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] Is it Christmas already?! Nope. But this is indeed a bounty of red and green gifts. They came … [Read more...]
Now Available at Your Local Famer’s Market: Apples with Character
May 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment
[Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] by Tracey Bianchi Our local farmer's market opens up in just over a week. For five glorious months I will spend every … [Read more...]
Keeping up with the Joneses: Battling simplicity envy
April 14, 2010 by 2 Comments
[Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma I saw an advertisement on television the other day—I think it was for Wal-Mart—in … [Read more...]
Resurrection Matters: Easter’s Promise in Flesh and Blood, Soil and Water
April 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
[Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] by Kendra Langdon Juskus For several weeks leading up to Easter, my household received, through the mail, a series … [Read more...]
Lent in Haiti: A First-Hand Account of Hope after Devastation
March 31, 2010 by 1 Comment
by Joanna Pritchard [Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] Joanna Pritchard is a Flourish staff writer, community health advocate and mother of three in Atlanta, … [Read more...]
Gardening with God
March 26, 2010 by 1 Comment
by Christine Sine Flourish Magazine, Winter 2010 Gardening is an important spiritual practice in my life. As part of our commitment to simplicity and sustainability, my husband and I grow as much of our own fruit and vegetables as … [Read more...]
Out of the Simplicity of Lent, Generosity of Life
March 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
[Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] This pre-Easter period of Lent is shaped by the comingling of contemplation, germination, and expectation in our lives and … [Read more...]
Ash Wednesday: Of Earth and Heaven
February 17, 2010 by 1 Comment
by Kendra Langdon Juskus [Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” - from the liturgy for Ash … [Read more...]
Front Porch Revival: The Past, Present, and Possibility of a Neighborhood Mainstay
February 10, 2010 by 8 Comments
By Kendra Langdon Juskus [Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] As Black History Month, February gives us the opportunity to reflect on defining moments and … [Read more...]
Dean Ohlman on Wendell Berry’s “The Gift of Good Land”
February 3, 2010 by 2 Comments
Today’s response to Wendell Berry’s essay “The Gift of Good Land” comes from Dean Ohlman, who manages the website Wonder of Creation for RBC Ministries. “The Gift of Good Land,” was published 30 years ago, and we reprinted it in the … [Read more...]
Christian Buckley on Wendell Berry’s “The Gift of Good Land”
January 29, 2010 by 1 Comment
Today’s response to Wendell Berry’s essay “The Gift of Good Land” comes from Christian Buckley, author of the forthcoming book Humanitarian Jesus: Social Justice and the Cross. “The Gift of Good Land,” was published 30 years ago, and … [Read more...]
Tracey Bianchi on Wendell Berry’s “The Gift of Good Land”
January 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Today’s response to Wendell Berry’s essay “The Gift of Good Land” comes from Tracey Bianchi, author of The Green Mama, forthcoming from Zondervan. “The Gift of Good Land,” was published 30 years ago, and we reprinted it in the Fall … [Read more...]
Tom Rowley on Wendell Berry’s “The Gift of Good Land”
January 25, 2010 by 3 Comments
Today’s response to Wendell Berry’s essay “The Gift of Good Land” comes from Thomas Rowley, executive director of A Rocha USA, the American branch of the international Christian conservation organization A Rocha. “The Gift of Good … [Read more...]