How to navigate institutional decline
What makes the difference between a forest that declines then renews and one that declines and dies? The planned burn.
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Elevation Burger: How do you change a flawed institution?
Hans and April Hess, founders of the Elevation Burger restaurant chain, offer some tips on how to change an organizational model without rejecting it altogether.
Samuel Wells: Let Earth and heaven agree
Why should Christians care about the fate of Earth? Because cherishing creation is the way we show God our gratitude, the way we humbly acknowledge our creatureliness, and an important way in which we worship, says the former dean of Duke Chapel.
Beyond belief
If action is the goal for religious communities on energy issues, then belief is not enough, writes the executive director of GreenFaith in an excerpt from 'Sacred Acts,' a new book on the church and climate change.
Claudio Oliver among the chickens at Casa da Videira. Photo courtesy of Claudio Oliver
Fred Bahnson: Living abundantly
The co-author of a new book on reconciliation with the land reflects on a Brazilian community that models “abundant kingdom homesteading.”
Norman Wirzba: Godly gardening
In this excerpt from “Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating,” a Duke Divinity professor argues that our work as Christians is to develop into godly gardeners, who witness to the life-creating presence of God in the world.
Growing in relevance
Our Saviour Community Garden began as an effort to show that a parish with dwindling membership still had relevance in an older Dallas neighborhood. Eight years later, the church garden has yielded nearly 20 tons of organic produce for the needy, serving as a destination for gardeners and a model for other churches.
Norman Wirzba: The gardening way of God's keeping
God often is presented as father, judge, potter, redeemer or companion. How would believers’ thinking and speaking be transformed if God was described as a gardener?
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How faith-based organizations can protect the planet
The Alliance of Religions and Conservation identifies seven areas on which to focus when creating a plan for your organization.
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Think globally, act locally. Then act globally.
An effort that started as a mission trip to Kenya for New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore has grown into an environmental commitment with an impact on international policy.