Environment
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Good soil
If the Earth is to continue to feed us, we must find better ways to “till it and keep it,” writes Fred Bahnson.
Hope blooms again
After a move to Southern California, to a village where every plant flourishes, Cathleen Falsani thinks -- no, believes -- this will be the year she will at last be a successful gardener.
Jim Antal: The challenge for our generation
Denominations are needed to harness the power of individuals and congregations to take action against global warming, says the UCC’s Massachusetts conference minister.
Monks, mushrooms and the sacramental nature of everyday eating
Thanksgiving isn’t just a rote exercise over turkey and stuffing one time a year. Truly giving thanks means making the connection between our daily bread and the Bread of Life, writes Fred Bahnson.
The holiness of place
Both the contemporary poet Wendell Berry and the Iron-Age writers of the psalms evoke the sacredness of ordinary space and of ordinary work, writes Ellen F. Davis.
Finding spiritual green space
Excursions into nature reveal the need for spiritual space in our lives, says Rachel Boehm Van Harmelen.