The Essence of Eco-Discipleship

Something isn’t quite right. 

There’s an innate sense that something’s been lost. The pace of modern life is sapping the life from us. We live in the illusion that we’re more connected than ever. Sadly, we are more detached than ever; from one another, from our food, from creation, from our Creator. 

As a result, life has become fragmented.

Jesus provides us with a way from fragmentation to abundant life. His teachings often made a point by drawing on the natural world around him. He knew God’s wisdom came from these encounters and sought them out intentionally. He sought the solace of the wilderness, the sea, the mountain, and the garden to regenerate his ministry and mission. Jesus was drawing on a blueprint as old as creation itself. 

We are beginning to understand how living attuned with God’s creation is now essential to our discipleship in Jesus. It encompasses everything from our worship to our work.

This is the essence of eco-discipleship. *taken from the Cultivating a Verdant Faith: An Eco-Discipleship Encounter Weekend brochure description that myself and a fellow colleague are offering beginning Spring 2019.