{"product_id":"harvesting-abundance-local-initiatives-of-food-and-faith-9780819233097","title":"Harvesting Abundance Local Initiatives of Food","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Here is a book of concrete hope--stories of dirt you can dig your toes into, harvests you can eat, communities you can join. If you need good news (and we all do) then follow Brian Sellers-Petersen into the church yards and once empty lots, seminary campuses and charitable farms where new life is springing up in abundance.\" ––Ragan Sutterfield, author of \u003cem\u003eWendell Berry and the Given Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brian brings over 30 years of experience, faithfulness, and insights to this inspiring exploration of how we, as Christians and as The Episcopal Church, are called to use God's abundance. He connects the global to the local and the spiritual to the temporal with his lively wit and characteristic warmth.\" ––Robert W. Radtke, President, Episcopal Relief \u0026amp; Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sellers-Petersen whets our appetite for food, beauty, and justice, and presents a cornucopia of incarnate examples. This is a great opportunity to pray that ancient collect 'read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest...' in a new context, in the fertile scripture of creation: read and grow, read and eat, read and share, and know that the earth in which we all have our origins is the stuff of divine creativity and abundant life.\" ––Katharine Jefferts Schori, 26th Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sellers-Petersen plants fruitful seeds through this collection of stories, showing us how the garden teaches the importance of good work and of Sabbath rest, the healing power of forgiveness, and the blessing of new life. Using tools of collaboration, creativity, and education, these communities care for God's creation, practice hospitality, and address food insecurity. The gardener in all of us will connect to 'the miracle of being able to plant a seed and watch it grow.' (p. 64) Inspiring!\" ––Laura J. Ahrens, Bishop Suffragan, The Episcopal Church in Connecticut\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eHarvesting Abundance\u003c\/em\u003e contains great gifts for the church. Brian Sellers-Petersen has compiled information previously unavailable anywhere: stories and images from many Episcopal agrarian ministries spanning desert, country, and city. He has provided inspiration to people and parishes who are curious yet cautious. By sharing stories of these vibrant ministries, he has also shown us a path of innovation, connecting altar to dinner table and the stories of Scripture to our own stories today. The church needs information, inspiration, and innovation true to our witness for Christ. \u003cem\u003eHarvesting Abundance\u003c\/em\u003e delivers all three, abundantly.\" ––Nurya Love Parish, co-founder and Executive Director of Plainsong Farm \u0026amp; Ministry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Filled with inspirational stories of communities finding mission and ministry in their yards. Brian Sellers-Petersen will inspire you to action in this readable harvest of his years of journeying with and encouraging Episcopalians to love the earth they stand on and in the process transform their communities.\" ––Winnie Varghese, Priest and Director of Justice and Reconciliation, Trinity Wall Street\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"While \u003cem\u003eHarvesting Abundance\u003c\/em\u003e would be of benefit to the clergy in the church, the same could be said for the laity, and of lay leadership in particular. For vestries who are dreaming what new possibilities they could be called to in one, two, or five, years down the road, Sellers-Petersen's book exhibits possibilities and provides follow-up resources.\" —Andrew C. Sloan, \u003cem\u003eAnglican Theological Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeword: Sarah Nolan\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e Chapter 1: Environmental Change-Makers and the Community Garden (Westchester, Los Angeles)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Hunger No More Urban Garden (Imago Dei School, Tucson)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Farmers' Markets\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Shepherd Farm (Good Shepherd, Town \u0026amp; County, Missouri)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Gardens, Workers, and Bees (Virginia Theological Seminary)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: The Cathedral Learning Garden (St. John's Cathedral, Denver)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Blue Corn and More (Navajoland)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: The SPR Food Garden (St. Paul and the Redeemer, Chicago)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Community Gardens Ministry Network (Connecticut)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: Plant a Church: Plant a Garden (St. Mary Magdalene, Manor, Texas)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11: Episcopal Camps and Conference Centers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12: Thistle \u0026amp; Bee (Diocese of West Tennessee)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13: Plot Against Hunger (Church of Our Savior Farm, Dallas)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14: The University Farm (University of the South, Sewanee, TN)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15: Creation Keepers (St. Andrew's, Seattle, WA)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 16: Bluestone Farm (Community of the Holy Spirit, Brewster, NY)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 17: Faith and Grace Garden (St. Timothy's, Des Moines, IA)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 18: Food Bank Farm (Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA) \u003cem\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e How to: • Get started • Go Local • Get connected\u003cbr\u003e Listing of Gardens\u003cbr\u003e Resources\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Church Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359225119063,"sku":"9780819233097","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780819233097.jpg?v=1754124034","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/harvesting-abundance-local-initiatives-of-food-and-faith-9780819233097","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}