Planted

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Planted is not a how to book, but a how so book in which the reader is invited to travel with Leah Kostamo on the wild ride of salmon saving, stranger welcoming, and God worshiping as she and her husband help establish the first Christian environmental center in Canada Avoiding simplistic prescriptions or clichd platitudes, Leah wrestles with issues of poverty, justice, and the environment through the narrative of her own life experience The lived theology and humility of voice conveyed in these pages draws readers to new and creative ways to honor the Creator as they are inspired to care for creation. Download Planted – kino-fada.fr Beautiful memoir ish book recounting the founding and first decade or so of A Rocha Canada.I really enjoyed this book I ve read a lot of books on the topic, and many of the points were familiar, but the format was not one laying out ar...Planted is a lovely little book about the beginnings of the first Christian environmental center in Canada As Christians we have long neglected God s call to care for the earth This despite the words of the prophet Hosea written several thousand years ago These words proclaim how our relationship with God is inextricably connected to our relationship with other people and with creation itself Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,because the Lord has a charge to bringagainst you who live Planted is a lovely little book about the beginnings of the first Christian environmental center in Canada As Christians we have long neglected God s call to care for the earth This despite the words of the prophet Hosea written several thousand years ago These words proclaim how our relationship with God is inextricably connected to our relationship with other people and with creation it...In theological terms naming is the first step in moving from an I It relationship with something or someone to an I Thou relationship, a relationship where a person or creature or even an object becomes known not just for its usefulness, but for its innate worth It s the first step in the kind of understanding that leads to caring I marked this and many other passages in my copy of Planted by Leah Kostamo with a green pen, and when I was done with the book, I had run into a common problem In theological terms naming is the first step in moving from an I It relationship with something or someone to an I Thou relationship, a relationship where a person or creature or even an object becomes known not just for its usefulness, but for its innate worth It s the first step in the kind of understanding that leads to caring I marked this and many other passages in my copy of Planted by Leah Kostamo with a green pen, and when I was done with the book, I had run into a common problem when reading a book as meaningf...In Planted, Leah Kostamo chronicles her family s decision to create an environmental center based on conservation, education, restoration, community agriculture, and sustainable living Their radical and risky choice to exit the superhighway heading to the American dream ofstuff was based on four core beliefs the earth is the Lord s creation is good everything is connected and, we are to have hope Such visionary thinking has allowed them to integrate stewardship into every component o In Planted, Leah Kostamo chronicles her family s decision to create an environmental center based on conservation, education, restoration, community agriculture, and sustainable living Their radical and risky choice to exit the superhighway heading to the American dream ofstuff was based on four core be...This book is both the story of A Rocha Canada and also a good primer on a Christian approach to creation care Early in the book the author names four theological principles on which the work of A Rocha is based 1 The earth is the Lord s Psalm 24 1 , 2 Creation is good Genesis 1 31 , 3 Everything is connected Hosea 4 1 3 , and 4 We are to have hope despite the fact that knowing what conservationists know, it s only logical that they would be tempted to despair.The data about the d This book is both the story of A Rocha Canada and also a good primer on a Christian approa...This is poignant,funny and gracious book about Christian environmentalism Creation care Leah Kostamo and her husband Markku launched A Rocha Canada This is her story of her growing in care for creation and trusting in God Part of this story tells of how A Rocha acquired their current centre in British Columbia Brooksdale That in itself is an amazing story worth reading for yourself The Brooksdale center is just over the border from where I live in Washington and I have taken my kids their This is poignant,funny and gracious book about Christian environmentalism Creation care Leah Kostamo and her husband Markku launched A Rocha Canada This is her story of her growing in care for creation and trusting in God Part of this story tells of how A Rocha acquired their current centre in British Columbia Brooksdale That in i...Leah Kostamo has written a beautiful story of a remarkable community Planted tells the tale of one woman s journey of faith and action in the world of environmental education and community activism If you re nervous about picking up a book that pulls together the hot topics of Christianity and environmentalism, let me quickly assure you that Kostamo tells her story with a light touch There isn t the slightest hint of the sort of self righteous soapbox rhetoric often associated with faith ba Leah Kostamo has written a beautiful story of a remarkable community Planted tells the tale of one woman s journey of faith and action in the world of environmental education and community activism If you re nervous about picking up a book that pulls together the hot topics of Christianity and environmentalism, let me quickly assure...It took me a while to warm up to this bookthen the narrative took over and there were many gems that just popped out at me I still am not sure exactly what A Rocha is or is supposed to bea farm a collective a nature center a research facility All of the above Hopefully future editions will correct the spelling grammar on page 87 exceptions were made for specials guests Also, many of the cute hand drawn illustrations were on the wrong pagefar too many appeared only after turn It took me a while to warm up to this bookthen the narrative took over and there were many gems that just popped out at me I still am not sure exactly what A Rocha is or is supposed to bea farm a collective a nature center a research facility All of the above Hopefully future editions will correct the spelling grammar on page 87 exceptions were made for specials guests Also, many of the cute hand drawn illustrations were on the wrong pagefar too many appeared only after turning the page that they w...By telling the story of A Rocha Canada, Kostamo shares truth and insight into how a Christian faith should be linked to environmental care This message is not delivered through guilt or doom and gloom but through humility and grace The stories are bizarre and fun and the accessible cont...This delightful book lines out the great need for, and practical ways to, care for all of God s creation, including the Least of These Full of funny and inspiring stories about Leah and her family sta...

Planted
  • English
  • 02 September 2017
  • Paperback
  • 156 pages
  • 1620327082
  • Leah Kostamo
  • Planted