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Subject Category - Faith Matters
Faith issues pertinent to rural churches and communities
Conference Gives Voice to Rural Issues |
Liberating the Church from Concrete and Glass |
The Spirituality and Ethics of Eating |
Caught in the Storm |
Falling Upward |
Barn Raising |
Pushing Back the Darkness |
Facing Disaster |
The Joyful Call of Our Day |
Keep Your Head |
Celebrating God's Bounty |
Welcoming Newcomers |
| Re-discovering Paradise Lost theology founded on peace, justice and love – of the earth and of each other... March 2011 |
| Insightful Surpises We have come a long way in thinking about the value of rural communities… January 2011 |
Facing Cancer |
Recognizing Women on the Farm |
| Prayer Involves Sharing with Others Rethinking our expectations regarding prayer … |
Listen Willingly |
| Instructions from the Ancients When fertile land was considered to be the property and responsibility of the community…. |
Seeking Peace in Times of Frenzy Frenzy can destroy the fruitfulness of our work. Where is the busyness in your life that is possibly killing your heart? Have you become a hollowed-out self-neglecter? June 2010 |
Nurturing the Spiritual Lives of Children |
The Tea Party |
An Alternative Model for Rural Ministry New windows of insight often invite us to address old issues in new ways. This is what is happening in the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan (U.S.A.) where small congregations got caught in the survival mentality.With the help of resource people from the Diocese, these congregations developed Ministry Support Teams. March 2010 |
Survival of Rural Communities - Life Affirming Gifts Reflections on a paper given by Brother David Andrew entitled “Spirituality and Sustainability”. Social, economic and agricultural improvements that are based on strong spiritual principles will result in sustainable ways for moving ahead into the coming generations. January 2010 |
| Survival of Rural Communities - Against All Odds Reflections on a paper given by Brother David Andrew entitled “Rural Decline and Resilience”. It is the church's resilient strength that it has to offer to struggling communities...When a community feels hopeless, the church can bring hope. January 2010 |
| Perhaps if I were Bigger Scripture is filled with stories of how, with God’s help, “the few, the small and the not-enough” are victorious against the odds. November 2009 |
| Small is the New Big The significant message for churches is smaller is better ... November 2009 |
| Resilience Keeps Us Going We are held captive by the consumer culture. What's next? Dittmar Muendel compares our situation with that of the people of Israel who were taken into captivity in Babylon. November 2009 |