Posts Tagged: economic justice

Green Good News

Book review by Rebecca Barnes T. Wilson Dickinson has published an excellent book that will be of great importance to the church at large and the ecumenical movement for economic and environmental justice. It will be invigorating to individuals and congregations. As a professor at Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky and as a writer, pastor,… Read more »

MRTI’s recommendations and process for divestment

 by Katie Carter, Associate for Research, Policy and Information, Office of Faith-Based Investing & Corporate Engagement On Thursday, January 16th, the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) approved recommendations for companies to be added to the General Assembly Divestment/ Proscription list (2020 list here). These recommendations included in MRTI’s report to the 224th General… Read more »

Bless Friday puts service to God above consumerism

This post is excerpted from an article written by Mike Ferguson for Presbyterian’s Today. It appears online in it’s entirety here. Chuck Fox, a Presbyterian living and working in Houston, first got the idea to start Bless Friday during a homily he heard from a Catholic priest the Sunday after Thanksgiving in 2009. The priest… Read more »

News Spotlight on Youth introducing Overture on Fossil Fuels to Twin Cities presbytery

Reposting the below article from Presbyterian News Services, by Karen Larson: (For the original source, click here.)   Youth inspire overture calling for fossil fuel divestment Their ‘own futures are at stake,’ high schoolers convince Twin Cities Area Karen Larson, Special to Presbyterian News Service   MINNEAPOLIS Two high school seniors appeared before the Jan. 11… Read more »

Christ’s light and asking for transparency in global trade

Light: Global Economic Justice and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (Article by Alexa Smith and Catherine Gordon) Last week, the below action alert was released by the Office of Public Witness in conjunction with a helpful, timely article by Alexa Smith of the Presbyterian Hunger Program.  As the plummeting temperatures and winter storms of the last few… Read more »

Food Stamps and the Environment?

I’ve been writing all week about the more obvious aspects of my experience this week as part of the Food Stamp Challenge. Yet, this, as you know, is the Eco-Justice Journey blog. In my corner of the Presbyterian Hunger Program, I work to connect, equip and inspire individual Presbyterians and congregations to ministry opportunities to… Read more »

The Advent of Hunger?

This afternoon I was talking with colleagues about our children, in relation to feeding them on a Food Stamp Challenge budget. Some of our parental thoughts: What if they don’t like the food? What if they don’t eat the food? What if they ask for seconds? What if they’re embarrassed by what they bring in… Read more »

Serving up Privilege

Okay, let’s be honest. Making it to half-way point, I admit some relief as I notice we still have enough basic supplies and I know basically what to make for the next few nights’ dinner. This is crazy, though, right? Because my half-way point of one tiny week of life within a restrictive food budget,… Read more »

Is Your Hunger Satiated?

This morning, I left my house (after breakfast) feeling my hunger not totally satiated. I mean, I woke up hungry and I was no longer straight-out hungry. But, neither was I fully satisfied. I am expecting this is a mix between just a mental state (I’m more aware of and anxious about food this week,… Read more »

First Day of the Food Stamp Challenge

  Sunday, November 17th, was the beginning of the Food Stamp Challenge. I’m joining other Presbyterians across the country in living within a food budget of about $4 per day per household member. It is a way to be mindful of what it would be like to be limited to this kind of food budget… Read more »