Focusing on Caring for Creation

This past Monday staff and volunteers at the Portland Lahash center came together to put together our latest magazine about how our work in East Africa is tied to the idea of Creation Care. In our advocacy and care for East Africa's vulnerable populations how we care for the environment (with the land, plants, animals, and people layered in it) is critical.

To better understand the idea of Creation Care - or environmental stewardship - our Portland team has put together our newest Hope Is Alive magazine full of stories of how our partners and our larger global community are living fully into God's original design to tend and take care of "the garden." And speaking of gardens... our office team in Portland banded together to create a community garden. On Monday we had a dinner on the lawn to enjoy the food that God had grown over the past several months. Pictures are below:

Above: Casey our media director picking radishes at the new Portland Lahash community garden.

Above: The Lahash garden this week with lettuce, carrots, chard, peas, onions, strawberries, collards and much more.

Above: Casey grilling some meat and fresh corn.

Above: our group enjoyed supper on the lawn as we put the finishing touches on our newest magazine about Creation Care at Lahash.

To read an interesting new article on a couple pastors and their concern for God's creation - check out The Joyful Environmentalists. We also recommend the website BlessedEarth by author and Christian environmentalist Dr. Sleeth.