by umcjnews | Apr 28, 2022 | Creation Justice Tips
May Brings Out the Best! People emerge from cold-weather shelter.Blossoms, then leaves, pop out from barren branches.Wildflowers and perennials peek up from silent ground. God’s gifts beckon us to new life.God’s trust summons us to care for creation. Share these Tips...
by umcjnews | Apr 27, 2022 | Agriculture, Blog
Adapted from Timothy R. Eberhart, Rooted and Grounded in Love: Holy Communion for the Whole Creation, Wipf & Stock, 2017. A sower went out to sow wheat in central North Dakota. His farming operation, though twelve times larger than the 160-acre homestead his...
by umcjnews | Apr 27, 2022 | Agriculture, Blog, Global Stories
A graduate student’s essays on food security in Oaxaca, Mexico Kiera Lane is a second-year Master of Arts in Public Ministry student at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. Her concentrations are in both ecological regeneration and pastoral care and...
by umcjnews | Apr 27, 2022 | Agriculture, Blog
Recommended Books The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry Soil and Sacrament: A Spiritual Memoir of Food and Faith by Fred BahnsonThe Green Good News: Christ’s Path to Sustainable and Joyful Life by T. Wilson Dickinson Rooted...
by umcjnews | Apr 27, 2022 | Blog, Community Gardens
By Karlah Y. Burton Meet Tiana Hargrove, Volunteer with the Community Garden at Saint Matthews UMC A rising senior at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University majoring in social work, Tiana began working with us in our community garden in February....
