July 2009

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New Monasticism: What It Has To Say To Today’s Church [Book Review]

By Chris Smith on 07/14/2009

In his newest book New Monasticism, What It Has To Say To Today’s Church, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove strikes up a conversation about the new monasticism with the broader Church. Indeed, of all the books to date on the new monasticism*, this one is aimed at the broadest audience within the Church.

Posted in Book Reviews, Features | Tagged book review, Intentional Christian Community, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, New Monasticism, The Englewood Review of Books | Leave a response

A Conservationist Manifesto [Book Review]

By Chris Smith on 07/14/2009

A Conservationist Manifesto is a glorious new collection of essays by Scott Russell Sanders, the noted, novelist, nature writer and Distinguished Professor of English at Indiana University.

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A Theology of Farming and Gardening [video]

By Jason Fowler on 07/13/2009

Interview with Rich Church of Winfield Farm and Fred Bahnson of Anathoth Community Garden about the meaning of the Food, Faith and Farming program at Chestnut Ridge

Posted in Videos | Tagged agriculture, Anathoth Community Garden, christian farming, church-based community gardening, community gardening, Fred Bahnson, Gardening, Joseph's Gardens, Theology, Videos | 6 Responses

Food, Inc. [Movie Review]

By Julie Clawson on 07/10/2009

I recently headed out to a sold-out showing of the documentary Food, Inc. at Austin’s own Alamo Drafthouse. Generally, getting dinner and drinks along with my movie is my favorite “night out” activity, but in watching a film which critically examines our industrial food system, it was a bit strange.

Posted in Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged agriculture, Food Inc, Joel Salatin, julie clawson, polyface farm, profood, Sustainable Agriculture | 3 Responses

Rod Dreher's book Crunchy Cons reveals an emerging movement

Where are the Conservatives in the Local, Sustainable Movement?

By Zachary Adam Cohen on 07/10/2009

Where are the conservatives who want to conserve the environment? Where are the church groups unwilling to participate in a system where factory farming of livestock is a reality?

Posted in Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged book, Crunch Cons: The New Conservative Counterculture, crunchy cons, food politics, local food movement, rod dreher, Sustainable Agriculture | 2 Responses

Joel Salatin: Saying Yes To The Good

By Sara Cardinale on 07/06/2009

What is our food culture as a whole in this country? There are stories of corporate greed, polluted environments, mad cow disease, salmonella outbreaks, genetically modified organisms, and bankrupt farmers by the hour….”it’s not enought to say NO to what we don’t like-we must say YES to the good, ” according to Salatin.

Posted in Features, Food & Agriculture, Topics | Tagged Joel Salatin, local food, michael pollan, polyface farm, profood, Sustainable Agriculture, the omnivore's dilemma | Leave a response

May GOD bless us with discomfort…

By Jason Fowler on 07/01/2009

May GOD bless us with discomfort at easy answers, half truths and superficial relationships, so that we may live deep within our hearts.
May GOD bless us with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that we may work for justice and peace.

Posted in Features, Life In The Spirit, Voice of One Calling | Tagged franciscan blessing, Prayer | Leave a response

July 2009

New Monasticism: What It Has To Say To Today’s Church [Book Review]

A Conservationist Manifesto [Book Review]

A Theology of Farming and Gardening [video]

Food, Inc. [Movie Review]

Where are the Conservatives in the Local, Sustainable Movement?

Joel Salatin: Saying Yes To The Good

May GOD bless us with discomfort…

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