Environment
The earth is not a backdrop to the Gospel — it is part of it. These posts gather voices who believe that caring for creation is inseparable from following Jesus: writers who listen to trees, learn from salamanders, mourn droughts, celebrate fireflies, and show up to fight for sacred land. Whether you’re looking for theology, poetry, practical action, or just a reminder that the ground beneath your feet is holy, this is a place to deepen your love for the world God made — and to figure out what that love asks of you.
In Praise of Disenchantment
My region is experiencing severe drought. The grass is pale and crispy, streams are low, the corn looks stunted. Farmers still haven’t gotten their second…
Book Review: What You Sow Is a Bare Seed
On a blazing, Washington, DC summer day in 2021, I walked to the Mount Pleasant farmer’s market with my friends and housemates Joy and Ashley…
Sifting through the Fragments
With my knife I slash open the plastic bag, and the smell of the mulch hits me: damp cedar, fungal spores, moss, creosote. Something flashes,…
below the surface
under the ashes under the crease of skin flesh bone brain body air fire water earth metal under the ashes elements of nature nature made…
Molly Burhans: Rejoicing in the God of Surprises
Episode 71 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Email | RSS | More “There’s always a freedom, though, that I feel… even…
A high lonesome psalm
For a few brief months, Lake Haiyaha in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park burned an arctic blue, made green and glowing by glacial flour. The…
Vincent J. Miller: The Grind of Hope In a Crisis
Episode 68 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Email | RSS | More IN THIS EPISODE In this episode of the Messy…
Neither created nor destroyed
Last month, as Chicago and other Midwest cities made headlines for smoky skies, I donned my mask and headed outside. A certain sadness, much like…