I’m just so grateful for this opportunity to live in a farm house with four amazing women, work on a 10 acre certified organic farm, and be living in this great place called oxnard/camarillo. Choosing to be a part of this community, as my sisterfriends have already shared, has been a process, and I feel … Continue reading Why by Cristy Rose
so I thought I’d be spending a year in D.C….
While I won’t start the story of what brought me to the Abundant Table centuries ago, it does begin on the other side of the world. After growing up in Nairobi, Kenya and three years at Wheaton College outside of Chicago I chose to spend six months doing interning in Phnom Penh, Cambodia as part … Continue reading so I thought I’d be spending a year in D.C….
It all started during the Reformation… [or, one of the reasons I’m farming]
“Well, back during the time of the Reformation…,” I began. All of us interns were sitting in the ‘Family Room’ sharing about how we wound up here with the Abundant Table Farm Project. We joked that we could probably each trace our decision to be a part of this Project all the way back to … Continue reading It all started during the Reformation… [or, one of the reasons I’m farming]
Lent and Radical Peace-Making
Third Sunday in Lent Message for Trinity Fillmore 3/15/09 Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 Good Morning. Thank you again for hosting me, and allowing me the opportunity to share with you the life and work of our Abundant Table campus ministry. As with any organization that experiences frequent turn over and rhythmic changes, … Continue reading Lent and Radical Peace-Making
Prophetic Voice and Radical Hospitality
Lent 5 message given at Trinity Episcopal Church in Fillmore, CA Ezekiel 37:1-14 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 Psalm 130 It has been a joy for me to enter into the life and vision of the students, faculty, staff, and community members who recognize the importance of our campus ministry’s presence at the university as a … Continue reading Prophetic Voice and Radical Hospitality
Into the Desert
As we enter into the season of Lent, I hope this becomes a time in which we “re-claim” and “re-imagine” the depth and richness of our spiritual traditions. While, many of us recognize Lent to be a period of fasting and reflection, there is a profound challenge that these disciplines call us into. During Jesus’ … Continue reading Into the Desert
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