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By Bill Guerrant on 08/27/2010
In the 4th Century A.D. the Roman emperor Julian was concerned about the spread of Christianity in his empire…He wrote: “Nothing has contributed to the progress of the superstition of these Christians as their charity to strangers. The impious Galileans provide not only for their own poor, but for ours as well.”
Posted in Church & World History, Features, Social Justice | Tagged caring for the poor, christian faith, Christians, Church History, embodying our faith, history, Jesus followers, Julian the Apostate, love, margins of empire, mercy, mission, Poverty, Roman empire, Social Justice |
By Leni Sorensen on 08/14/2010
Today rather then judge ourselves by some illusory benchmark of rural American self ’sufficiency’ we might better make an effort to be more self-reliant…we can discipline ourselves to participate in the world economy in a more conscious way and to strive for a level of self reliance appropriate to our life circumstance…
Posted in Features, Intentional Living | Tagged American history, Community and Ecclesia, community-reliance, economics, food production, Intentional Living, inter-dependence, interdependence, Leni Sorensen, local food movement, localism, rural living, self-reliance, self-reliant living, Social Justice, urban and rural homesteading, urban living |
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…
Posted in Features, Social Justice | Tagged Arloa Sutter, Breakthrough Urban Ministries, caring for the poor, christian faith, compassion, homeless, Jesus, margins, mercy, ministry, Poverty, Social Justice, society, Teresa of Avila, Whole-life Christian faith |
By Ricci Kilmer on 07/02/2010
I was missing communion, I was missing the body of Christ. And not just the spiritualized view of the Lord’s Table but the actual down to earth translation of what that meant. What does it mean to BE Christ’s body for people? What does it mean to say that his body is offered freely?…
Posted in Community and Ecclesia, Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged being the Body of Christ, christian faith, communion, embodying our faith, eucharist, food, incarnational faith, Intentional Christian Community, justice, Lord's Supper, Social Justice, Whole-life Christian faith |
By Jason Fowler on 05/25/2010
The Good News took on flesh and blood and grew up in a particular town, and the greatest need in our day is to have living, breathing, communities of faith, that enflesh the good news in specific localities. To follow Jesus is to incarnate the Good News in the real places that we live…
Posted in Features, Interviews, Suggested Reading | Tagged a robust Gospel, book, church planting, contextual missions, Ecclesia Press, evangelism, incarnational faith, Jesus, JR Woodward, love, missio dei, Missional Church, Social Justice, Viral Hope, What is the Good News?, Whole-life Christian faith |
By Jason Fowler on 05/21/2010
Often local food pantries don’t have fresh vegetables to give to hungry folks who come in and I know as gardeners, my wife and I have had times where we needed somewhere to take our over abundant harvest…
Posted in Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged Ample Harvest, AmpleHarvest.org, food pantries, Gardening, gardening resources, Gary Oppenheimer, gleaning, Hunger, Social Justice |
By Jason Fowler on 05/14/2010
“Acting justly everyday means developing awareness about the problems in the world; it means changing how we shop, how we dress and how we drive; it means starting to see our each and every action as an ethical choice…”
Posted in Book Reviews, Features, Social Justice | Tagged affluence, book review, christian ethics, christian faith, conscious consumerism, Everyday Justice, fair trade, globalization, Intervarsity Press, IVP, julie clawson, Social Justice |
By Jason Fowler on 04/22/2010
Adam was placed in a garden GOD planted Himself. Today GOD is again placing His people in gardens. This Christian community based agriculture can be a powerful shift in how we function as local expressions of GOD’s kingdom. These farms and gardens can serve as places of spiritual renewal…
Posted in Community and Ecclesia, Features, Food & Agriculture, Voice of One Calling | Tagged agriculture, Christian faith and gardening, church farm movement, church renewal, church-based commuity gardens, community gardens, Creation Care, faith-based community gardens, gardening as mission, Joseph's Gardens, Social Justice, spiritual formation, theology of gardening, Whole-life Christian faith |
By Jason Fowler on 04/22/2010
Free download of the book Everyday Justice, Earth Day, April 22: “As followers of Christ we are called to love our neighbors. But all too often our everyday choices support systems of injustice that oppress our neighbors instead…discover practical everyday ways we can seek justice instead.”
Posted in Suggested Reading | Tagged christian faith, conscious consumerism, embodying our faith, Everyday Justice, globalization, Intervarsity Press, IVP books, julie clawson, justice economy, Social Justice, Whole-life Christian faith |
By Jason Fowler on 04/13/2010
After thirty years of being in ministry as a pastor and police chaplain GOD awakened Ron Davidson to an ancient biblical custom that would change the course of his life. The custom was gleaning and it is more relevant today than ever before…
Posted in Features, Interviews | Tagged biblical concept of gleaning, christian faith, gleaning, Gleaning For the World, global poverty, humanitarian aid, non-profit organization, Poverty, Ron Davidson, Social Justice |
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