Monks and nuns left us a legacy of spirituality honoring God’s creation
Glenn E. MyersChristian poets, mystics, priests, and preachers encourage us to worship God by experiencing his creation
Kathleen A. MulhernThe Bruderhof sought a life in harmony with God and nature
Charles E. MooreAlbert Bierstadt, Among the Sierra Nevada, California, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC / Art Resource, NY
the editorsChristians have praised the display of God’s presence in the natural world since the beginning of the church
the editorsWhat I learned from getting back to the land about goats, strawberries, and God
Jennifer Woodruff TaitHildegard personifies the fire of God’s Spirit in this excerpt from her Book of Divine Works
Hildegard of BingenCeltic religion had an agricultural tinge.
Garry CritesChristians have talked about God’s creation as an inspiration and a responsibility for 2,000 years
the editorA poem written in 1877 and published after Hopkins’s death in Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918)
Gerard Manley HopkinsAmerican Methodists worshiped in God’s creation even as they looked to the world beyond
Russell E. RicheyWhat did the son of a pencil-maker have in common with the Transcendentalists?
Jennifer Woodruff TaitModern nature activism includes some writers and thinkers strongly influenced by Christian faith
Matt ForsterAn evangelical professor responds to Pope Francis’s call for creation care
Loren WilkinsonWhere can you go to learn more about the relationship between Christians and God’s creation? Here are some recommendations from CH editorial staff and this issue’s authors
the editorsChristianity and theater
Awakenings
Stories worth retelling
Revival: the first thousand years
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