Churches of Restoration in Michigan: Song of Wing and Waters
By Noah Guthrie. At Eastern Avenue Church, creation care is an act of joy, tending to local waters and ecosystems with delight!
Words of the Willow: Q&A with Director of Communications Liuan Huska
A writer at the intersection of faith and the environment, Liuan Huska shares about the gospel work carried out through her communications work and through the efforts of many faithful, unseen heroes.
Churches of Restoration in Nashville: A Refuge Among Skyscrapers
By Noah Guthrie. Jeremy expressed that “during times of extreme environmental crisis,” it’s vital for Christian communities to consider how to become a “local refuge… for the sake of the world.”
The New Self: Seeking a Christian Response to Climate Change
By A Rocha USA. Whatever our relationship to climate change might be, we can all aspire to put off the “old self” with its abuses against creation, and to put on the “new self” (Eph. 4:20-24) of the Christ who is reconciling all things.
Pastor of Restoration: Q&A with Director of Church Partnerships Ron Rienstra
Ron Rienstra expresses his passion for shepherding teams of creation caretakers, while also sharing his experiences with pollinators and krumhorns.
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.”
Churches of Restoration
What if Christians embraced our call to care for creation as part of faithful discipleship and witness? Churches of Restoration is a national program of A Rocha USA that gathers local cohorts of churches in a yearlong journey of transformative conversations, spiritual formation, and practical ecological action.
This film was created as part of the Storytellers Collective, a program of Christians for Social Action.
It highlights four churches and their experiences from our pilot Churches of Restoration cohort in the Orlando, Florida area.
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.
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?
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?”