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Congregational Supported Agriculture (The Other CSA)

By Lee McBride on 09/27/2011

Traditionally, churches or faith congregations reach out and serve those around them, meeting spiritual needs, of course, but also dealing with physical needs in the community. Food is a great way to fulfill both needs…

Posted in Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged caring for the poor, christian faith, church-based agriculture, community gardens, CSA, ecclesia, economy, farmers, farming, food and faith, food deserts, GOD, Jesus, local food, local food movement, ministry, Poverty, serve local, slow church, Sustainable Agriculture, urban farming | 4 Responses

...of ministry and mustard.

Cooking Up A Story: Monastery Mustard [video]

By Jason Fowler on 12/03/2010

My latest favorite Cooking Up A Story video features the Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel, Oregon. They adhere to a monastic form of Christian community, balancing their days between prayer, community life, ministry to others and the fine art of making…Monastery Mustard!

Posted in Videos | Tagged balancing work and prayer, christian community, christian faith, Cooking Up A Story, cottage industry, food, ministry, Monastery Mustard, monasticism, mustard, Prayer, rhythm of life, rule of life, St. Benedict, video, work | 2 Responses

For Church Leaders In Denial [video]

For Church Leaders In Denial [video]

By Jason Fowler on 07/19/2010

Sally Morgenthaler speaks candidly about the need for Church leaders to abandon the addictions of constructing self-absorbed communities of faith. Are we more devoted to maintaining our comfort levels and the stability of the Spirit-less status quo or are we willing to deconstruct our glorious religious machinery…

Posted in Community and Ecclesia, Videos | Tagged addiction, church, church renewal, dead churches, ecclesiology, emergent, Gospel, Jesus, ministry, missiology, mission, missional, pastoral ministry, Sally Morgenthaler, Theology, video, worship | 3 Responses

Whatever we do to 'the least of these' we do to Jesus (montage: J Fowler)

Following Jesus: Befriending The Poor

By Arloa Sutter on 07/06/2010

As I have walked for the past eighteen years alongside thousands of men and women who have become homeless…and as I have visited impoverished communities throughout the world, I have discovered…We actually can…find sustainable, manageable ways to make a difference in the lives of the poor…

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