Food

How churches can work to make the demand for food pantries obsolete

A program in North Carolina is teaching faith leaders to tell the stories of food needs in their communities as they help build a movement toward systemic change.

By David Allen Project manager, Come to the Table

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A new garden of Eden: Eden Theological Seminary’s Gleaning and Garden Project flourishes

More than just a space to grow food, the seminary garden serves as a hub for local gardeners and community activists pursuing racial and economic justice.

By Chelsey D. Hillyer

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The spiritual power of vineyards

A writer picking muscadine grapes in the late Florida summer experiences the vineyard as a living sermon.

By Andrew J. Skerritt Writer

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"Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue"

Black barbecue has always been a remarkably religious experience, says a James Beard award-winning food writer in this excerpt from his new book.

By Adrian Miller Executive director, Colorado Council of Churches

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Setting a just table is life-giving for food consumers and producers

Our ability to eat is intertwined with systems of immigration and food production. Christian leaders must address justice issues in both, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

By Maria Teresa Gastón Consulting psychologist, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

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Nurya Love Parish: Tracking the Christian food movement

Church leaders need to recognize the potential for new ministry at the intersection of food, agriculture, and discipleship, says an Episcopal priest who has compiled the first comprehensive guide to the Christian food movement.

Stacey Toews: How a fair-trade business helps further the work of Christ

Level Ground Trading is dedicated to fair trade with farmers. But its co-founder also has a larger, theological vision: a system designed for the good of all.

Remembering my friend Jocelyn

The lonely death of a member of his community prompts the director of a community garden to reconsider the project’s mission.

By Chas Edens Executive director, Anathoth Community Garden & Farm

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Grace Hackney: Eating faithfully is a key to living faithfully

A North Carolina program for clergy, congregations and communities called Life Around the Table focuses on eating well as a way to nurture healthy Christian communities. The key, as its founder says in this interview, is developing a eucharistic imagination.

Toward a theology of barbecue

Whether adjective, noun or verb, “barbecue” has a theological dimension that is deeply enmeshed in church culture -- especially in the African-American church, writes the culinary historian, barbecue judge and executive director of the Colorado Council of Churches.