A Thanksgiving Prayer

American Thanksgiving is less than a week away and we are all looking forward to what is fondly called Turkey Day.  It is my favourite American custom which I have embraced with great enthusiasm not just because I love good food and good fellowship but because I love the opportunity to think about what I [...]

What Would Jesus Eat

It seemed appropriate that just after I added my last blog post I received this information from Mike Morrell.  He and Kevin Beck are hosting a presentation with Lucas Land Thursday evening 8pm New York Time entitled What Would Jesus Eat Lucas is doing a full-immersion internship at a sustainable farm that’s all about producing [...]

Junk Food Spirituality – Are We Addicted to the Wrong Practices?

Following my post yesterday Fruit That Will Last, my friend Andy Wade commented
I wonder, what would the difference look like between highly processed fruit and whole foods w/o all the junk? What are the parallels between how our bodies respond to processed foods and how our souls respond?
It was a great question that sent my [...]

Fruit That Will Last

Tom and I are now at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg Virginia still trying to get our clocks turned around from the trip to Australia.  This is definitely not the best way to model a balanced way of life though I am really looking forward to our time here.
Part of my morning Bible reading was [...]

The Eight Weirdest Ways to Go Green

I just could not resist this article in Alternet and thought that even if you are not interested in green living that you might enjoy it.
From the solar-powered bikini that can charge your iPod to the benefits of eating free range snails, here’s few things you may not have thought of yet.  Read the article

Composting As A Spiritual Practice

This series on What Is A Spiritual Practice, is really gathering momentum and I am starting to receive so many contributions that we may need to continue it through the rest of the year.  John O’Hara’s contribution yesterday on Cooking As Spiritual Practice has evoked quite a bit of discussion on facebook and twitter.
Bethany Stedman [...]

Gardeners Against Grotesque Lawn Ornamentation

I had not intended to blog about gardening over the summer while conducting my What is a spiritual practice series but 2 things have changed my mind.  First there is so much happening in the garden as the tomatoes and squash ripen that there is no way that i can resist the temptation to share [...]

My Favourite Black Currant Jam

Yesterday was garden day at the Mustard Seed House.  We finally got all the hoops up round the tomatoes, laid the last of the irrigation hoses and weeded furiously.  We also picked the black currants.  These are rather tart berries that are not good for fresh eating but they  make the most wonderful jam I [...]

Hungry Teenagers

This contribution to the Lenten synchroblog is from Tim Mathis in Factoria Washington.  I would heartily recommend the film Affluenza that tim mentions here and for teenagers the World Vision Australia clip Teenage Affluenza is also a great introduction to this issue.  
A few months ago, before signing on for the synchroblog, my interns and [...]

Will GM Foods Make You Sick?

A disturbing study from Austria suggests that GM foods may have detrimental effects on our health according to the Organic Consumers Association.  Unfortunately it seems that it is very difficult to find and expose the cause of the problem because funding often mysteriously dries up; scientists are transferred, threatened or fired, and the health risk [...]