by Laura Lehman Amstutz Akerson educated beach clean-up crews about local wildlife, making sure that the oil clean-up did not disturb nesting birds and sea…
Read moreInterfaith Community Garden Seeks to Make Peace
Picking strawberries and planting tomatoes for peace? It happened in central Illinois summer of 2010. At First Mennonite Church in Champaign, Muslims and Mennonites are…
Read moreMennonite Disaster Service Eyes Oil Spill with Hurricanes in Mind
As hurricane season approaches, administrators at Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) are keeping a watchful eye on the Gulf Coast oil spill. They are concerned that…
Read moreMMA Praxis Takes Gulf Oil Spill Concerns to BP
Goshen, Ind. – With millions of barrels of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s Deep Horizon well 5,000 feet below the surface,…
Read moreCommunity Planner Emphasizes the Long View
David Neufeld, Winnipeg, MB, has a long history with both Mennonite and secular efforts to address environmental issues. He has served on the Creation Care…
Read moreFor in [Christ] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.
Colossians 1:19 - 20