There is no single way to be a leader in EcoFaith Recovery. Different leaders from different contexts living in different parts of the country choose to live out their faith in the public arena in different ways. Rev. Janet Parker,
EcoFaith Intern Haylie Isaacson Returning to the Rhythms of God Retreat reflections
EcoFaith Intern Haylie Isaacson is working and collaborating with our other high school interns Michelle Piscitelli and Chase Isaacson on the Returning to the Rhythms of God retreats offered throughout 2016. Returning to the Rhythms of God by Listening for God’s Heartbeat
Museum of Science & Industry Poem by (EcoFaith Leader Glee Lumb)
Today on the EcoFaith Recovery blog is a poem by leader Glee Lumb. The inspiration for the poem is: I wrote it all at once as I followed my children through OMSI last week. Having spent the summer visiting and
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