Journal articleInterpretation United Kingdom · October 1, 2013
In this essay, I present eating as a vital theological concern and an integral part of the church's ministries and mission in the world. I argue that food is not reducible to the status of a commodity but is instead God's love made delectable. The producti ...
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Journal articleDialog · December 1, 2011
A priestly sensibility is here presented as a way to characterize humanity's place in creation. Sacrifice, asceticism, and gratitude are described as three distinct and practical modalities of a priestly life that contribute to the care and celebration of ...
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Journal articleSojourners Magazine · 2011
The effects of our inconsiderate ways- catastrophic climate change, anthropogenic species extinction, the annihilation of mountains, soil and water degradation, the privatizing of the "natural commons," the abuse of agricultural workers - are now becoming ...
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Journal articleThe Presbyterian Record · 2008
When God made heaven and earth, the land was initially dry and barren. There was no one to "till the ground" (Gen. 2:5), no one who could work the land to make it productive of life. So God "formed [Adam] from the dust of the ground (adamah)" and breathed ...
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Journal articleThe Christian Century · 2005
Why, then, did my family and so many others refuse to bale the hay or bring in the grain on Sundays? I suppose one could attribute their (in)action to the stubbornness of habit, but this explanation would miss the point. Sabbath observance, even if not alw ...
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