Glory of the Small
By Heidy Sumei Chuang. To paint the butterfly, to reveal its minute beauty in extravagant brushstrokes and living color, is to live in wonder and hope.
Glory of the Small – Monarchs
Video by Heidy Sumei Chuang, A Rocha USA Advisor and Artist Partner, shares the powerful story of “The Butterfly Project”, where small acts of care for creation transform both human communities and the environment. Heidy’s journey of caring for monarchs in her neighborhood and fostering a creation care mindset in the children who grow up there is truly inspiring.
Grassroots Movements and Growing Food in Local Communities
From the Eating for Eden podcast with Dr. Jessica Schroeder. In this episode Ben Lowe and Dr. Schroeder discuss a range of topics including the mission and values of A Rocha, the value of conservation work and caring for our non-human neighbors, churches and faith communities doing local work, reconnecting with the earth, and more!
Episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4uLNDMg400
God’s Worshipful Design: An Invitation to Churches and Artists
By Heidy Chuang. If the Church, in a world full of industry and agenda, can create spacious places for artists to flourish, they will become the storytellers, teachers, and hope-bringers God has designed them to be.
Churches of Restoration in Austin: Hearing Creation’s Call
By Noah Guthrie. What can it look like, in practice, to treat creation as “sacred”? Part of what it may look like is entering a conversation with our landscapes and their species. It may look like asking, “What does the Living God – the Source, Redeemer, and Sustainer of this place – invite us to hear? And once we have listened, how might God invite us to respond?”
Orchestra of the Sea: Preserving God’s Creatures in Kenya
By Dr. Robert Sluka. A dugong hadn’t been spotted in Kenya in a long time – but what was the big deal? I argued that these animals were one voice in the orchestra of creation praising God, and that protecting them and helping them thrive again was an important part of our Christian faith.
Creature Feature: The Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
By Sydney Houck. A Rocha USA interns and A Rocha USA’s Lead Scientist, Dr. Robert Sluka, have volunteered with the Brevard Zoo to establish oyster reefs, collect data, and build gabions – wire cages filled with oyster shells, which Restore Our Shores uses to encourage the colonization of oysters.
Birding with Hope: A Review of Courtney Ellis’s “Looking Up – A Birder’s Guide to Hope through Grief”
By Simon Stuart. As the birds accompany her on her journey from grief to hope, Ellis weaves in reflections on almost all of life. She gives us thoughtful insights to being a wife, mom, pastor, daughter, granddaughter, sister, friend – always in a way that rings true. She muses on the character of God, the state of the church and society, and much more, with great wisdom.
Reversing the Curse
By Gerry Koning. At his death, the second Adam, Christ, was unclothed except for the crown of thorns he wore to the cross. These thorns seem to signify that, along with humanity’s sins, Jesus also bore the curse of creation.
End Times Attitudes with Ben Lowe
From the ecoChristian podcast with Caleb Cray Haynes. What is the deal with our beliefs around the end times and how does that affect how we think about climate change and biodiversity loss? Here we’re joined by Ben Lowe of A Rocha USA to talk about his research on this very topic!
