Albuquerque Mennonite Church, Albuquerque, N.M., now has solar panels that should generate enough kilowatts to cover the church’s total electricity needs. They also have almost all of the…
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Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
A book by Arlie Russell Hochschild. The New Press, New York, 2016. Disturbed by the deepening political divide in the United States, Hochschild sets out…
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Beyond the Convention Center:
Finding Food and the Tropics at HEART Village
By Jennifer Schrock–My initial encounter with the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando was a bit eerie. It was the 4th of July, and I…
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Film:
Green Gold
This 48-minute documentary features the work of filmmaker and ecologist John D. Liu. Green Gold argues that it is possible to rehabilitate degraded ecosystems on a large scale and explains how. The film includes both chilling panoramas showing how centuries of overgrazing and agriculture can denude an area and also hopeful stories of recovery.
Rooted and Grounded
A Conference on Land and Christian Discipleship
April 20 to 22, 2017
at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Ind.
Church members, scholars, farmers and other practitioners of creation care are invited. Attendees always find challenging keynote speakers, a breadth of workshops and good conversation partners to nourish them. Schedule, workshops and immersion experiences now available. See details
For in [Christ] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.
Colossians 1:19 - 20