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What does permaculture and Christian faith have to do with one another? More than you think.

Permaculture and Christian Faith (Part 2)

By Jason Fowler on 11/10/2011

This is the second half of David Holmgren‘s permaculture principals, with Melody Adele Connally’s commentary about applying them to a biblical worldview…

Posted in Environment & Creation, Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged agriculture, Biblical Worldview, christian faith, christian living, ecology, GOD, Jesus, permaculture, Theology, Whole-life Christian faith | 1 Response

Joel Salatin To Speak at Lynchburg College Feb 14, 2011

Heretic Farmer Joel Salatin To Speak At Lynchburg College Feb 14

By Jason Fowler on 02/10/2011

In “Everything I Want To Do is Illegal,” Salatin says the single biggest impediment to eating healthier is the demonizing and criminalizing of virtually all indigenous and heritage-based food practices…If you’re in our neck of the woods come hear Joel Salatin speak at Lynchburg College on (this) Monday, February 14…

Posted in Events, Food & Agriculture, Voice of One Calling | Tagged agriculture, Creation Care, ecology, environment, event, farming, food politics, Joel Salatin, Lynchburg, Lynchburg College, Sustainable Agriculture, Virginia | Leave a response

Seek the economic shalom of your community (montage: J Fowler)

Wendell Berry: 17 Rules For A Sustainable Local Community

By Wendell Berry on 10/02/2010

“How can a sustainable local community (which is to say a sustainable local economy) function? I am going to suggest a set of rules that I think such a community would have to follow…”

Posted in Community and Ecclesia, Features, Money & Economics, Society and Culture | Tagged Community and Ecclesia, ecology, economic development, local community, local economy, localism, resilient community, resilient economy, sustainable communities, Wendell Berry | 1 Response

The BP Oil Spill: A Christian Call for Lament and Reconciliation

The BP Oil Spill: A Christian Call for Lament and Reconciliation

By Ragan Sutterfield on 06/07/2010

During the Duke Center for Reconciliation’s Summer Institute, Christians from varied denominations, backgrounds, and nations gathered to explore the work Christ is doing in reconciling all things…As followers of Christ…we mourn the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe and the BP oil spill now polluting the Gulf of Mexico…

Posted in Environment & Creation, Features | Tagged beyond petroleum, christian faith, Christian response to BP oil spill, deepwater horizon, Duke Center for Reconciliation, ecology, environment, environmental disaster, godly grieving, Gulf of Mexico, lament, oil spill, reconciliation, repent | 6 Responses

Creation, even after much abuse, can return and flourish

Sawdust Resurrection

By Ragan Sutterfield on 04/26/2010

Four and a half miles from the end of our hike, we came across a gigantic pile of sawdust…this area had been clear cut and run through the mill. Now that history was mostly invisible except with careful observation…

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Posted in Agrarian Notebook, Environment & Creation, Features | Tagged creation, ecology, Gerard Manley Hopkins, great outdoors, hiking, nature, resurrection, sawmill | 2 Responses

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