Cultivating Community

The carpool declined in popularity in the 20th century, but is it having a renaissance? Here are three steps to bringing the carpool to church.

Creation care starts with knowing the place you live. Here are 20 questions to help you think through what you know, what you don’t know, and how to find it out.

How to avoid spending more time on screen-related activities that put us at risk for obesity, depression, and violent behavior.

Does “Save the earth” sound like more than you can handle? Creation care is supposed to be a delight. Take it one month at a time.

What is environmental justice, and how can we pray for it to come quickly?

Looking for opportunities to take care of creation in March? January? June? Find them here.

By Andy Patton [Ed. note: This article is part of our weekly series of church activities, called Cultivating Community, published on Thursdays.] 2010 has come and (almost) gone so we here at Flourish are taking a retrospective look back into the archives. We’ve dug up 6 practical ways for churches to start bringing creation care out [...]

Have you forgotten about Haiti? Here’s one way to remember (and love) brothers and sisters still suffering from environmental disaster.

When you you most need to bring the outdoors in? During winter! Here’s how.

The season of Advent means the advent of next year’s garden, too.

Instead of wondering “What can I get for the person who has everything?” this Christmas, maybe it’s time to ask a different question…

Looking for a better, more compassionate shopping experience this Christmas? Create your own!

Haiti’s troubles continue, now with cholera running rampant through the country. Here are four concrete ways to help those suffering.

Conservation is only one part of the equation. Cultivation is the other, and the time to cultivate is now.