Update on the Composting Programs at Zero Waste Church

Update on the Composting Programs at Zero Waste Church

by David McKinnon Our work at Nativity to Restore God’s Earth continues to make great strides.  Up until the pandemic, produce from our organic community garden was shared with residents living in a local low-income retirement center. In this way we were able to reduce 

Bee Alert: Sunflower Pollen Has Protective Effects for Bees

Bee Alert: Sunflower Pollen Has Protective Effects for Bees

Carl Sigel   Global declines in honey and wild bees have been linked to pathogens, climate change, habitat fragmentation, and pesticide use.1 With bee populations in decline, a recent study showed  that by feeding sunflower pollen to bumble and European honey bees, they were  protected from infection by certain 

Climate and Food Security: Growing a Sustenance Garden

Climate and Food Security: Growing a Sustenance Garden

  Carl Sigel The latest report from the U. N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate and Land released on August 8, 2019 “warns that climate change is exacerbating pressures on the global food supply, threatening millions more with hunger, and potentially raising food prices for 

Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks to the Environmental Crisis

Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks to the Environmental Crisis

Pastor Nancy Petty In our kitchen, sitting on the chopping block beside the sink, sits an old white antique soup tureen that Karla purchased at a flea market. For a number of years now, this eight-inch by eleven-inch tureen, has kicked into overdrive my obsessive-compulsive 

Saying Goodbye

Saying Goodbye

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. Isaiah 41:10 With a heavy heart we share the news that one of