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“To accept our place as simple human beings—beings who share a world with every seen and unseen creature in this vast community of creation—is to embrace our deepest spirituality.”

Spiritual Spirituality Community Acceptance Connection

Book:Becoming Rooted: One Hundred Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth

Source: Becoming Rooted: One Hundred Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth

“Hoarding means both depleting natural resources and creating a storage problem. Neither does it make sense to hoard food away from the needs of others.”

Capitalism Indigenous Hoarding

Book:Journey to Eloheh: How Indigenous Values Lead Us to Harmony and Well-Being

Source: Journey to Eloheh: How Indigenous Values Lead Us to Harmony and Well-Being

“Jesus, properly understood as shalom, coming into the world from the shalom community of the Trinity, is the intention of God’s once-and-for-all mission. That is, the mission of birthing and restoring shalom to the world is in Christ, by Christ, and for the honor of Christ.”

God Jesus Peace Salvation Missions Mission Trinity Shalom Missional

Book:Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision (Prophetic Christianity

Source: Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision (Prophetic Christianity

“In shalom, warring over turf, wealth, or national security are extinct practices. In shalom, family wealth is no longer the point of blessing because living out shalom offers an alternative way for people to view wealth.”

Indigenous Shalom

Book:Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision (Prophetic Christianity

Source: Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision (Prophetic Christianity

“There are substantial issues that remain, however, related to direction, hierarchy, and paternalism in missional mentalities. The heart and the willingness behind going are to be applauded. Jesus modeled an incarnational gospel and contextual approaches are to be valued over attractional models like those found in the megachurch movement. Concerns abound, though, in the shadow of the colonial legacy. How does one reclaim or reform a concept that has been so thoroughly corrupted and has taken on so much baggage? Is repentance enough? Can the form actually be redeemed and repurposed?”

Critique Colonial Mentality Contextualization Incarnational Christian Missions

Book:Decolonizing Evangelicalism: An 11:59 p.m. Conversation

Source: Decolonizing Evangelicalism: An 11:59 p.m. Conversation

“But there is hope. The United Nations did a study showing that small farms can feed the world. Small farms are more adaptable. They are less costly, because they don't need extremely expensive machinery, and less environmentally damaging, because they don't need to spray chemicals. And they provide greater local economic opportunities than large industrial farms do. Small farms have been proven to produce higher yields per acre and more nutrient-dense foods.”

Farming Indigenous Small Farmers

Book:Journey to Eloheh: How Indigenous Values Lead Us to Harmony and Well-Being

Source: Journey to Eloheh: How Indigenous Values Lead Us to Harmony and Well-Being