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What seeds are you sowing? (original image: Van Gogh)

The Seed Bank of the Kingdom: A Sermon

By Ragan Sutterfield on 06/21/2012

We can’t predict when the conditions will be right for the seed to sprout. It could be fifty years. It could be a thousand. But what disciples are called to now—the sowing of seeds— is going to pay off one day. There will be a harvest…

Posted in Agrarian Notebook, Features | Tagged christian faith, christian living, clear cutting, Gospel, intentional Christian living, Mark, mustard seed, seed bank, seeds, sermon, the gospel of the kingdom | 1 Response

GOD is calling us to be reconciled to His Creation

The Duke Summer Institute: Making Peace with the Land

By Jason Fowler on 05/28/2012

This afternoon I will be headed to Durham, North Carolina for the Duke Divinity School ‘Summer Institute’ hosted by their Center for Reconciliation. I will be taking part in a week-long seminar, titled: ‘Making Peace with the Land’ taught by Norman Wirzba and Fred Bahnson…

Posted in Environment & Creation, Features, Food & Agriculture, Voice of One Calling | Tagged abundant living, agriculture, Community and Ecclesia, creation, Creation Care, Duke Summer Institute, earth, ecology, ekklesia, farming, GOD, Gospel, Jesus, reconciliation, Sustainable Agriculture, the gospel of the kingdom, Theology, Whole-life Christian faith | Leave a response

Are we living out of an abridged Gospel story? (image: J Fowler)

Re-Reading The Unabridged Gospel

By Jason 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…

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