By J Fowler on 03/11/2010
Somehow we’ve boiled the good news of GOD’s kingdom down to a hyper-personalized fire insurance policy for eternity- with very little implications for the ‘here and now’. Or we boil it down to…
Posted in Features, Theology, Voice of One Calling | Tagged christian faith, GOD, Jesus, the gospel of the kingdom, Theology, what is the gospel message?, Whole-life Christian faith, whole-life discipleship
By Craig Goodwin on 03/10/2010
If I could impose my will on every American for the sake of the environment it wouldn’t be to change light bulbs or mandate carbon footprints. My mandate would be for every American to start a garden and grow their own food
Posted in Excerpts, Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged food and faith, Gardening, gardening as a revolutionary act, The Art of the Common Place, Wendell Berry, Whole-life Christian faith
By Ryan Marsh on 03/03/2010
Is there such thing as green guilt? Absolutely. Green grace is what God is doing about the planet’s dilemma, within us, without us and most often, despite us.
Posted in Environment & Creation, Features | Tagged carbon offsetting, Christian faith and the environment, environmental crisis, GOD is green, grace, green guilt, guilt, Jesus
By Carl Peet on 03/03/2010
Yahweh gave us a simple formula, Love Him and love people. And in our zeal we can over-complicate things and get out of sync with His direction and pace for our lives.
Posted in Features, Life In The Spirit | Tagged back to basics, basics of faith, christian faith, Intentional Living, Simple Living, Whole-life Christian faith
By Ragan Sutterfield on 03/01/2010
I have been thinking a good deal lately about culture and how it happens. There are two kinds of Pop culture it seems—the kind we consume and the kind we produce. These days the kind we consume seems to dominate. That we consume culture is not a bad thing, but that this form of pop [...]
Posted in Agrarian Notebook, Features, Society and Culture | Tagged culture, local arts, local living, local renaissance, means of production, music, pop culture, video
By J Fowler on 03/01/2010
In the realm of church and faith we absorb sermons, buy our Christian books and music (my favorite!), our evangelistic T-shirts and specialty Bibles…Maybe Consumerism is the real religion here.
Posted in Features, Society and Culture, Voice of One Calling | Tagged Anti-Consumerism, consumerism, consumerism and Christian faith, greenwashing, What Would Jesus Buy?
By Pam Fowler on 02/18/2010
I was not being fair to those that need to think about their basic needs first. So I started to think, how can I help those with limited choices not only have what they need to live but to give them choices?
Posted in Features, Learning As We Go | Tagged alternative energy, christian faith, Creation Care, environment, Intentional Living, Poverty, Social Justice, sustainable development, Sustainable Living
By J Fowler on 02/18/2010
We are desperately treading the waters of our often visionless but raging routine- afloat in hurry sickness and the cultural values of the American Dream. But JESUS tells us: “Take my yoke upon you…
Posted in Features, Voice of One Calling | Tagged christian faith, following Jesus, Intentional Living, Prayer, rhythm of life, spiritual disciplines, time management, vision for life, whole-life discipleship
By Rusty Pritchard on 02/18/2010
I often hear the claim that environmentalism is a kind of new religion, usually from folks who are trying to disparage the movement. I think it’s partly right but it’s not enough to claim that environmentalism seems like a religion. We have to provide some answers for what to do…
Posted in Environment & Creation, Features | Tagged Christian faith and the environment, Creation Care, enviro-legalism, environmental fundamentalism, environmentalism as religion, Jesus, legalism, Rusty Pritchard
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