Embodying Our Faith: Creating A Culture of Sharing
In a culture where a person’s success is determined more often by the the things that we have, and the amount of each of them that we have, establishing a culture of sharing turns that entire notion on its head…
Seeking shalom: Renewing the Regional Foodshed
I’m not sure the exact moment that this happen but at some point over the past five years I became passionate about food and agriculture…This long journey in exploring issues of food, health and agriculture (and how they all relate) has also coincided with a deeper spiritual journey…
Reclaiming the Temple: Ponderings
So, I have many things floating around in my mind. Many things I need to sort through. Sweet food is my way to de-stress. So I wonder; is that wrong to use food in this way? I don’t think it is. I believe that God created food to be much more than fuel…
Reclaiming the Temple: Day Four
Reclaiming the temple is really reclaiming my life; my thoughts, emotions and talents. This is where rededicating it all to the Lord comes in. He wants all of it. Not because He needs it or is some great fun stealer. I truly believe that He loves food too…
Behold Your King: A Christmas Greeting
Let us remember that GOD’s purposes can be birthed in us as we too go low, go small, and labor as He leads us – we need only to be willing vessels. Peace to you this Christmas from our family to yours…
Missing Christ: Confessions of a Christmas Shopper
For a split second, time and space froze. What if that word – ‘Christ’ – what if the Word became flesh right there in the store – what if he showed up at cash register number #17?…
A Tea Party, An Occupation and People of the Incarnation
Maybe the answer is not a tea party or an occupation or any protest movement after all. I believe we must give ourselves, as disciples of Jesus, to another movement – to His living Body – a people who are again re-incarnating a kingdom not of this world…
Exploring Advent and Christmas: Resources
I want to share a few blogs, websites and other resources from around the Web that are seeking to explore more meaningful expressions of Christian celebration and reflection in this season…
Craig Goodwin’s Tables of Plenty: A Yearlong Exploration of Christian Food Practices
It’s a new yearlong adventure for the Goodwin family and a new blog to connect with others around the themes of food and faith. Starting in late November with the Orthodox Nativity fast, our family is dedicating a year to explore the role of food in Christian spiritual formation, one month at a time…
Stewardship Gardening: A Values-Based Guide (resource)
During the Summer of 2010 I had the opportunity to help design Good Ground Garden of First Presbyterian Church in Champaign, IL…Using Good Ground Garden as a case study, I sought to explore peoples’ conceptions of spirituality in the garden and how it shapes their actions, or vice versa…
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