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August 12, 2007
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
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Getting back to the land, owning an acreage or a small farm, is a really cool fad these days. Everyone’s doing it, you know.
For one, it seems to mesh with a certain portion of the Christian homeschooling community, so well that conservative Christian businessfolk Paul and Gena Suarez expanded their online business to cater to Christian homesteaders. What began as The Old Schoolhouse Magazine and HomeschoolBlogger.com now includes HomesteadBlogger.com, which amounts to an online small town in both size and culture.
What’s the deal? Well, the rhetoric about good management of the earth comes from a couple of directions—one, it comes from within the churches. What amounts to campaign materials are handed out to churches and denominations. These even include sermon suggestions for incorporating concern for the earth. [1]
Two, like those campaign materials, the rhetoric comes from secular sources. Accusations link Christianity to male domination and exploitation of, like, everything—women, children, and dolphins. (I had no idea my church’s deacons had so much spare time on their hands.) Homesteading and ecological awareness is one response from the Christian community.
Most of all, though, there is realistic motivation for individuals as they pick up on the realities of our food distribution system. People aren’t satisfied with blueberries that have been sitting on the boat from Chile for a month. [2] Folks are absorbing a perennial flow of news items about environmental concerns, and an ever-expanding grassroots buzz about better living.
The sustainability movement has links to globalism, and also contains plenty of pagan philosophy. Are Christians aware of everything they’re adopting? And what about pagans? I’ve seen several pagans try to integrate into the HomesteadBlogger community, only to end up leaving or limiting their participation, for various reasons. Do Christians handle these interactions wisely?
Lemme know what you think. [3]
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[1] Forcing Change Magazine, Issue 6, Volume 1, www.forcingchange.org
[2] See http://lazycreek.net/TYDOS/2007/04/seasonal-produce-and-winter-eating.html for more information.
[3] Author’s note: The uploading of this post was fraught with homesteading peril, so I appeal to the record for grounds that my frazzled nerves deserve the contribution of your opinion, dear reader.
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August 09, 2007
By: Marty
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My name is Marty Daniels and I am a Comedian. For 15+ years was involved in broadcast radio at various stations around the country.
In 1988 I turned my world upside down and accepted Jesus Christ as God.
In 1997 I left the church while still believing that Jesus is God.
It’s 2007 and I still believe that Jesus is God…and like a lot you I am sorting out my relationship with the church.
Tonight I’ll be hosting episode 10 of Humble O Radio and my guest is Ann Bandini. We’ll be talking about why so many people are leaving the church…where they’re going…are they still Christians? What’s up with “The Emergent Church”? Is it just a hippie subculture for people who are burned out on dressing up? What about house churches and so on.
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August 06, 2007
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
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As of last Monday, we now know that soil management is one major point in the organic rationale, and it’s not actually cow doo-doo. A couple of years back, CTV (one of Canada’s national television networks) aired a comparison of the nutrient value of a potato today and fifty years ago.
I didn’t know potatoes used to contain Vitamin C. Apparently they basically don’t anymore, so I guess I wasn’t missing anything. At least in one sense. Also, potatoes now have only about half the Vitamin A they used to. There’s also genetic selection by growers to blame, but we’ll tackle that one another time.
Ultimately, the organic concept is not just about how food is grown, or whether it makes better food, but whether it makes a better life overall. In order to be a certified organic grower, for instance, the entire growing chain must be organic, not just the final product. The soil must be chemical-free for a certain period (length of time depends on the certifying body), the seed must be organically sourced, the greenhouse seedlings must be chemical-free, and of course, we don’t use synthetic chemical controls on the food.
Soil management is the core of organic growing. Soil depletion provides one possible rationale for why organic foods don’t weigh in better than synthetically-produced ones in nutrient value, when you look at the long-term changes in food nutrition. So, here’s to dirt. Oh, and cow doo-doo. But sustainability is not just a practice; it’s a cultural movement, one that a lot of Christians have joined. What are the implications?
Lemme know what you think.
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August 02, 2007
By: Marty
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Tonight’s episode of Humble O Radio is Episode 8.
Recorded live on TalkShoe (Thursday - August 2, 2007) at 7:30 PM EDT Humble O Radio.
Humble O Radio is a net based LIVE INTERACTIVE Talk Show hosted by Christian Comedian Marty Daniels. It’s a fun, funny conversation about today’s events including Life, Culture and Faith and how each one of those areas impact the other.
Tonight we discussed Christians being crazy, the line between grace and judgment, the war in Iraq, the moral obligations of the military to explain to young kids that when they sign up for a college payment program that they very well may become warriors. We talked about the churches backing out of many segments of culture and ideas of how the church can get up off the mat and engage culture again.
Our next netcast is on Tuesday - August 7, 2007 at 7:30 PM EDT.
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July 31, 2007
By: Marty
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Tonight (Tuesday - July 31, 2007) at 7:30 PM EDT was another episode of Humble O Radio.
Humble O Radio is a net based LIVE INTERACTIVE Talk Show hosted by Christian Comedian Marty Daniels and Pastor Bob Lamb. The show is a fun, funny conversation about today’s events including Life, Culture and Faith and how each one of those areas impact the other.
I want to thanks to my special guest co-hosts over the last couple of weeks while Bob was sick, Brian and Shawn Chrisagis better known as “The Chrisagis Brothers” Over the last 20 years Brian and Shawn have rubbed elbows with Hollywood Superstars and some of the elite ministries in North America.
Tonight we’ll be talking about The Sin of Christian Celebrity and how it impacts and skews our view of who Christ is and what the faith is about.
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