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Liberating Our Waters
by Lydia Wylie-Kellermann Guest Contributor One hot afternoon, my kids and I headed for Belle Isle, dressed in swim suits and looking for relief in the waters of the Detroit River. Cedar, who is now 2, immediately lay down at water’s edge, tummy in…
Rooted & Grounded Conference | September 27–29, 2018
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) in Elkhart, IN will hold its fourth annual Rooted & Grounded conference September 27–29, 2018. With keynote speakers Karenna Gore on Thursday, Valerie Bridgeman on Friday, and Randy Woodley on Saturday, the conference will be filled with conversations at…
Carnival de Resistance Photo Essay: reclaiming our sacred stories from Disney
Photos and article by Tim Nafziger, Watershed Discipleship Editorial Team Member Incorporating quotes curated by Jay Beck, Carnival de Resistance Much of the landscape of America has been shaped by big brands. A strip mall in Boston is little different from one in…
ReMembering for Life
by Sara Wolcott Guest Contributor “Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?” — Matthew 8:18, King James Version So much has been disMembered in our current United States society that when we come to the…
Counter Mapping: a decolonization tool
by Dave Pritchett Watershed Discipleship Editorial Team Member In my essay, “Watershed Discipleship in Babylon,” in the Watershed Discipleship anthology, I argued that the grid system is fundamentally opposed to the watershed. Where the watershed unites creatures within it by the hydrological cycle, the grid…
Aloha ‘Aina: Reflections from the Eco-Stewards Program in Kailua, Hawai’i
Editor’s Note: The Eco-Stewards Program is entirely grassroots and is sustained by the grace of God in addition to the energy and passion of a handful of volunteer leaders. by Vickie Machado Watershed Discipleship Editorial Team Member This year’s Eco-Stewards trip was a new…
Incarnate in Nazareth
Editor’s note: Sam Greenlee preached this sermon on January 14, 2018 at City Life Church in Midtown Sacramento, CA. by Sam Greenlee Guest Contributor The image in the meme above comes from The Lion King and shows Simba talking with his father, Mufasa. Mufasa…
Christian Food Movement: an interview with Nurya Love Parish
by Cherice Bock and Nurya Love Parish In 2014, Rev. Nurya Love Parish began organizing a network she called the Christian Food Movement, and started a farm-based ministry called Plainsong Farm in Michigan. A former Unitarian Universalist and now Episcopal priest, Parish preached on…
Choosing #DayOne
by Craig Stewart Originally appeared in The Warehouse newsletter I didn’t come to public activism easily or naturally. In August of 1989 Archbishop Tutu and Rev Boesak led a series of beach protests in Cape Town to highlight the racial segregation of South African beaches. The…
Sacred Earth Youth Camp, Vancouver, BC, July 29-August 10
Youth ages “13-25ish” are invited to attend the third annual Sacred Earth Camp, organized by Salal + Cedar, a watershed discipleship community in Vancouver, British Columbia (Coast Salish Territory). Salal + Cedar hopes other watershed discipleship communities will send young people to learn together and…
Poetry from a Time of Drought
Today we feature three poems by Julia Baker, which were written during the long-lasting California drought from 2012–2017. Eden’s Drought I had forgotten the music of water touching earth. My tears have been the only rain. Drought is slow death, shroud of smoky sin…
Elaine Enns & Ched Myers teaching at Ghost Ranch retreat on watershed discipleship June 24-30
Join Elaine Enns and Ched Myers at Ghost Ranch June 24-30 for a retreat called “Signs of the Times — Watershed Discipleship and Restorative Justice: Mapping Bloodlines, Landlines, and Songlines.” Ghost Ranch is a beautiful education and retreat center in New Mexico, an excellent…
