[Ed. note: This article is part of our weekly series of church activities, called Cultivating Community, published on Thursdays.] Pakistan had already had a difficult summer by the time record amounts of monsoon rainfall deluged its several of its provinces and led to the humanitarian crisis currently debilitating the country. Pakistan’s government [...] Read full [...]
To live, we must daily break the body and shed the blood of creation. When we do it knowingly, lovingly, skillfully, reverently, it is a sacrament. When we do it ignorantly, greedily, destructively, it is a desecration. – Wendell Berry, The Gift of Good Land Read full original post.
by Matthew Sleeth [Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] As an emergency room physician, I often worked 24-hour shifts. Emergency room doctors are not alone—today nearly one-fifth of the world population works in shifts. Our regular patterns of waking and sleeping—called circadian [...]
By Christiana Peterson Flourish magazine, Summer 2010 Canning is a method of preserving food invented by a confectioner and brewer in 19th century France when the government offered money to anyone who could come up with a way to preserve large amounts of food for their armies. This method, which has remained largely unchanged since [...]
You get a new one every two years, but what good is an old cell phone in the junk yard? Here’s how your church can turn old electronics into new hope. Read full original post.
Simplicity in its essence demands neither a vow of poverty nor a life of rural homesteading. As an ethic of self-conscious material moderation, it can be practiced in cities and suburbs, townhouses and condominiums. It requires neither a log cabin nor a hairshirt but a deliberate ordering of priorities so as to distinguish between the [...]
There was a time not so very long ago when everyone seemed to be carrying around a plastic, disposable water bottle, including me. Now, while there are still millions of people hooked on the plastic water, we are seeing everywhere a new somber warning: water bottles are bad. So what’s the big deal with plastic [...]
Why, according to Lyanda Lynn Haupt, is walking a “necessary practice?” Read full original post.
Like everything Houston’s Ecclesia church community pursues, environmental stewardship isn’t “going green.” It’s following God. Read full original post.
Some walks open more than just the eyes. Read full original post.
John Calvin is overwhelmed. Read full original post.
Is there a line between caring for animals and elevating them to human status? Read full original post.
“Shalom doesn’t begin once every last person is convinced they need to get on board. It begins with a few people planting gardens in a land at war. It begins with a field.” Read full original post.
Celebrate National Farmers Market Week with pictures from YOUR local market. Send your photos of fresh food and local faces to editor@flourishonline.org. Read full original post.
“Your church’s members have probably helped build a house for a deserving family. Now they can help build something much larger.” Read full original post.
