Tom & I have just returned from Camano Island where we participated in a botanical tour on the land where we hope to create a monastic eco village. The tour was conducted by Bob Dietal rector at St Aidan’s Episcopal church in Stanwood. Bob used to be a botanist and was amazingly knowledgeable about all [...]
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I am going raspberry picking today so am hurrying to get this post done before I head out the door. This article from Sheila Hight in New Zealand seemed appropriate to me because it reminded me of some of the things that I discover about God in the midst of picking raspberries. Sheila was on [...]
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The following post in the series What Is A Spiritual Practice was written by Jamie Arpin-Ricci Jamie is an urban missionary, church planter and writer living in Winnipeg’s inner city West End neighbourhood. He is founding co-director of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Urban Ministries Winnipeg with his Australian wife Kim. He is also planting/pastoring Little [...]
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My garden and spirituality seminar is only 3 days away, the irises are in full bloom, and the garden has never looked better. It looks as though we will have beautiful weather for exploring the garden and the many ways in which God’s story is revealed in and through it. Not surprisingly my reading [...]
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My good friends John Paget , Drew Ward, and Chris Elisara just entered this great video into a contest run by the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU). They entered the contest because they believe in the design principles of new urbanism and wanted to do a film on the subject. If they win they [...]
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The total volume of sea ice in the Arctic is likely to have reached a record low last summer, despite previous reports that the area of ice recovered slightly from the previous year’s dramatic decline, leading experts have warned according to recent article in the Guardian. Unfortunately this news which probably has far more dire consequences than the [...]
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God bless the earth and all that lives within it
God bless the earth and all that lives on it
God bless the earth and all that lives above it
God bless the soil on which we live and work and make community.
In your mercy may it bring forth goodness to nourish and renew the whole community who [...]
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News from the Earth Hour team
MOMENTUM CONTINUES TO BUILD: With just a few days to go, Earth Hour continues to gain support in cities, with government leaders and celebrities, in the media, and on social networking sites.
MORE ICONS ANNOUNCE THEY’LL GO DARK: The Pyramids in Egypt, the Acropolis in Athens, the Broadway Theater District, the Space Needle [...]
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As part of my reflections on the brokenness of creation this week I have been reading Ben Lowe’s new book Green Revolution: Coming Together to Care for Creation. I have thoroughly enjoyed this little book in spite of the fact that it is supposed to be written for college students. In fact I think that it [...]
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We are now well into the Fourth week of Lent though from my perspective the concern for creation and the pollution of our environment that we are focusing on this week is just beginning. If you have not done it yet take time to check out your eco footprint. and think about what you could do [...]
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