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Read more about the article There Is Some Good News about Our Plastic Crisis

There Is Some Good News about Our Plastic Crisis

  • Post author:Elliott Bush
  • Post published:July 28, 2022
  • Post category:Adult Formation/Children & Youth/Social Justice and Outreach/Uncategorized/YAMS
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This is the last week of Plastic Free July. I hope you have taken a few more steps this past month to reduce the amount of single use plastic in…

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Read more about the article A Comprehensive Look at Controlling Our Use of Plastic

A Comprehensive Look at Controlling Our Use of Plastic

  • Post author:Elliott Bush
  • Post published:July 23, 2022
  • Post category:Adult Formation/Children & Youth/Social Justice and Outreach
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Single-use plastic is a big problem, damaging the environment, killing marine life, breaking down into micro-pellets that are even found in the human blood stream. But our individual efforts to…

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How to Reduce Your Single-Use Plastic

  • Post author:Elliott Bush
  • Post published:July 14, 2022
  • Post category:Adult Formation/Children & Youth/Social Justice and Outreach
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The first thing to do is know what you can recycle and what you can’t. In Central Ohio that is determined by SWACO, the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio.…

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Read more about the article What’s So Bad about Plastic?

What’s So Bad about Plastic?

  • Post author:Elliott Bush
  • Post published:July 7, 2022
  • Post category:Adult Formation/Children & Youth/Social Justice and Outreach
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Why participate in Plastic Free July? Because the world is overwhelmed with single-use plastic. It is not only a pollutant, but it is on track to damage the health of…

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Read more about the article It’s Plastic Free July!

It’s Plastic Free July!

  • Post author:Elliott Bush
  • Post published:June 30, 2022
  • Post category:Adult Formation/Children & Youth/Social Justice and Outreach
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Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful…

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Petition

  • Post author:The Rev. Karl Stevens
  • Post published:June 20, 2022
  • Post category:Adult Formation/Prayer and Spiritual Practices
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Image: The Temptation of St Anthony, engraving by Martin Schongauer, c. 1470–75 After offering an invocation that leads me through a door into the divine presence, I often find that my…

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Read more about the article Invocation

Invocation

  • Post author:The Rev. Karl Stevens
  • Post published:June 17, 2022
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A few years ago, I spent the summer praying through the Jawshan Kabir, a remarkable Islamic text that lists more than a thousand names for God. I was merely a…

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Read more about the article Elaborating the Shape of Prayer

Elaborating the Shape of Prayer

  • Post author:The Rev. Karl Stevens
  • Post published:June 15, 2022
  • Post category:Adult Formation/Prayer and Spiritual Practices
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Faiths tend to build expectations for prayer, which can almost be thought of as a form of manners. Breaking the prayer form is impolite. God, of course, can handle impolite…

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Read more about the article The Peace of God

The Peace of God

  • Post author:The Rev. Karl Stevens
  • Post published:June 9, 2022
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There are many ways of praying and thinking about prayer. A common one is to consider prayer a kind of conversation with God. This conversation can take any shape and…

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Read more about the article Entering the Divine Reality Through Prayer, Part One

Entering the Divine Reality Through Prayer, Part One

  • Post author:The Rev. Karl Stevens
  • Post published:June 4, 2022
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In a previous post, I talked about ways to open a door into the divine reality that Christians call the Kingdom of God. I mentioned prayer in passing before going…

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