Three Ways to Care for Creation in the Winter
By Rebekah Novak. From feeding birds to removing invasives, winter provides unique opportunities to love our places.
The Spiritual Fallout of Nature-Deficit Disorder
By Liuan Huska. Churches can help children return to their rightful place in the natural world, healing a growing rift.
Churches of Restoration in Gainesville: To Children Belong the Garden
By Noah Guthrie. “Indeed, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed, and to children the Kingdom belongs (Matt. 13:31-32, 19:14). It’s only fitting that kids should be some of the most passionate gardeners.”
Stormwater monitoring is a critical missing piece in restoring the Indian River Lagoon
By Dr. Jeffrey Greenberg. Monitoring contaminants at stormwater outfall sites is the missing piece to restoring the biodiversity and health of the Indian River Lagoon.
Churches of Restoration in Nashville: Wrenches, Jawbones, and the Holy Ghost
By Noah Guthrie. “What does the creation care promised land look like?” Katherine asked. “None of us really know.” When we’re striving for something we can barely imagine, it’s crucial that we let the Holy Spirit guide our actions — whether in building or destroying, in planting native coneflowers or removing invasive honeysuckles.
Reconnecting with Creation: The Importance of Place-Based Education
By Ian Massey. By reconnecting students to the world around them, Place-Based Education can inspire them to care for God’s creation and to advocate for justice and sustainability in all areas of life.
Faith, Learning, and Service in Action
By Sydney Houck. “A Rocha’s approach, integrating scientific work with a Christian worldview, showed me how deeply intertwined environmental stewardship is with a sense of moral and spiritual responsibility.”
Churches of Restoration in Milwaukee: Currents of Kenosis
By Noah Guthrie. Our labors for creation, muddying ourselves so that the creatures of mud can be dignified, are profoundly Christ-like. What is the incarnation but Jesus plunging in the muck to drag TVs and shopping carts from the creek, striving to heal the creation He loves?
Twistflower Cross
By Noah Guthrie. The sprouting of these seeds echoes another resurrection, and their tattered flowers recall another body raised on a stem to be pierced, tortured, and buried. “Truly, truly, I say to you,” Jesus said, “unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit” (John 12:24).
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.