Today on the EcoFaith Recovery blog is a reflection of the Portland Interfaith Pilgrimage for Climate Justice by Meg Ruby. Meg Ruby is an EcoFaith Leader from St. Michael & All Angel’s Episcopal Church in Portland, OR. ++++ Sunday, December 6, 2015.
Missing Millennials (by Intern Vicky Hart)
Editor’s note: Vicky is our newest EcoFaith Recovery intern. Vicky recently graduated from the University of Idaho and hopes to build a career in non-profit communication. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Vicky enjoys reading second-hand books, baking, and generally being
EcoFaith Recovery’s Pastor/Organizer Robyn Hartwig awarded a Lilly National Clergy Renewal grant
Congratulations to EcoFaith Recovery’s Pastor/Organizer, Robyn Hartwig, and St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Beaverton, Oregon who were just awarded a Lilly National Clergy Renewal grant. St. Andrew Lutheran Church is the other ministry Pastor Hartwig serves part-time. This Lilly Endowment funded grant
sHellNo Kayak Flotilla Reflection by EcoFaith Leader Cheryl Lohrmann
Below is EcoFaith Leader Cheryl Lohrmann’s reflections on the sHellNo Kayak Flotilla on July 25th in Portland, OR. More photos here. Dustin, Leo and I went with another family just to see the kayaks get in the water
Forest Gardening Workshop Reflection by Sara Gross Samuelson
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about land. Mostly because my husband and I don’t actually have any land upon which to actively do anything… plant, till, harvest, play. We’re apartment-dwellers for now, with hopes of one day in our
Ecofaith Recovery featured on “Brethren Voices”
Interested in knowing more about Beyond Fossil Fuels Grounding for Action meetings? Want to share what they do with your congregation or community? Ecofaith Recovery’s Beyond Fossil Fuels Initiative is featured on “Brethren Voices” May program. Ed Groff and Brent
“There is no later.” (by EcoFaith Intern Karin Hatch)
“There is no later.” This was the phrase of my first tattoo. I got it shortly after the death of my grandmother. It was to be a reminder of the fragility of life and how there are no guarantees. I
EcoFaith Recovery Featured in The Lutheran Magazine
EcoFaith Recovery is featured in the cover story “Restoring Creation with Faith” of the April issue in The Lutheran magazine. Below is the opening of the article. Read the entirety of the article here, EcoFaith is the 7th group featured. Hope,
A Different Kind of “Hearing” (by EcoFaith Leader Anna Barnett)
In the past week I’ve been to two public hearings: one for the proposed Pembina propane terminal on the Columbia, and one for community input to the Portland Police Department’s new Citizen Oversight and Advisory Board. It’s a strange format
Genesis 1 and Permaculture (by EcoFaith Intern Dave Pritchett)
The Akan peoples of West Africa have proverbial wisdom associated with an image of the sankofa bird, flying forward, with the egg of the future in its beak: “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have