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Spring brings rebirth, renewal and a gift of pink tulips
A writer reflects on the past and the future as he plants flowers and vegetables in his garden.
Link to author Andrew J. Skerritt
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Andrew J. Skerritt
Writer
Plainsong Farm integrates Christian formation with sustainable agriculture
Visitors come to the working farm in Michigan to learn about agricultural, environmental and spiritual practices.
Link to author Sue Nichols Zimmerman
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Sue Nichols Zimmerman
Journalist
Loving our neighbors, including the leafy ones
Learning the names of the plants around us is a Christian practice that invites us into loving, hope-filled care of the natural world, writes an associate director for LEADD’s Thriving Congregations Coordination Program.
Link to author Sarah E. Forsyth
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Sarah E. Forsyth
Associate Director, Thriving Congregations Coordination Program
Growing flora and faith: Churches embrace native plant gardens
The National Wildlife Federation’s Sacred Grounds program helps churches increase native plant gardens — thereby helping wildlife flourish and encouraging community connection.
Link to author Leslie Quander Wooldridge
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Leslie Quander Wooldridge
Journalist
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.
Link to author Chelsey D. Hillyer
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Chelsey D. Hillyer
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.
Soil and Sacrament: A Spiritual Memoir of Food and Faith
Link to author Fred Bahnson
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Fred Bahnson
Director, Food, Faith and Religious Leadership Initiative
The gift of honey and the promise of God
In a backyard garden at D.C.’s Church of the Pilgrims, God’s promise, the Holy One’s movement of liberation, is alive and buzzing in the form of 40,000 fat, furry honeybees, says the church’s associate pastor.
Link to author Ashley Goff
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Ashley Goff
Pastor, Arlington Presbyterian Church
Living abundantly
The co-author of a new book on reconciliation with the land reflects on a Brazilian community that models “abundant kingdom homesteading.”
Link to author Fred Bahnson
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Fred Bahnson
Director, Food, Faith and Religious Leadership Initiative
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.
Link to author Norman Wirzba
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Norman Wirzba
Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor, Duke Divinity School
