Stewardship
Nearly 55% of water usage in the Denver metro goes directly to watering lawns. To wean residents from this irresponsible practice, our city offers grants to homeowners interested in reducing their lawns. I applied for this (free plants) and was delighted to learn that we qualified. Especially on the heels of our construction project that […]
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Stewardship is something I write a great deal about as a bee keeper, an environmentalist, and a Catholic, because on principle, it is a responsibility and good practice. Living simply (financially) is also very much a part of how we do what we do in a one income home while employed by a non-profit. Interestingly […]
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Happy Earth Day! I hope you get to embrace it by taking a hike–or a travel mug; biking to work, or upgrading to paperless billing–however you like to celebrate the day! Last month, before all of this quarantine business got underway–which is having a strangely positive impact on the planet– I was invited to speak on the spiritual […]
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As we continue to delve into this theme of Catholic Social Teaching, I want to point out several Scriptural references to help lay the framework for the understanding that stewardship is a hallmark of our identity not just as Catholics (as Catholic Social Teaching could imply), but as children of God
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Since Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si (In Praise of Creation) was published in 2015, there has been renewed energy around the topic of our very real responsibility to take a vested interest in the welfare of our planet–and all who depend upon its resources. It has sparked more than a little controversy
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Day 31! I have been so encouraged as I have dug into this #green31 challenge to find practical, important ways to incorporate global thinking (world-saving, as I refer to it some days) into daily practice. I have to say it’s empowering when I look at a list of 31 different ways–many of which I […]
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Some days call for a bit of indulgence– The Sabbath feels like a good reason. A re-stocked coffee supply does, too. Hearing that your parish buys more FairTrade products than any other parish/non-profit in the COUNTRY! {C-E-L-E-B-R-A-T-E} So, today I’ll raise my mug to you, in honor of Sabbath rest, FairTrade month, baby steps toward justice […]
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Buying in bulk offers obvious savings by cutting out the cost of advertisements and fancy packaging. A great article put out by Whole Foods Magazine, stated that purchasing in bulk can save 89% compared to their packaged equivalents. [Don’t believe this? Price out the cost of replacing spices in bulk vs. pre-packaged spices]. Additionally, the […]
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Upon inquiring about the process of washing her ziplock bags, one of the sweetest Franciscans I ever met asked me, sarcastically, how else I hoped to get to heaven? And she’s right, I think–maybe not about bag washing as salvific, but as… penitential. There is something penitential about washing these bags which can be so […]
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If there is one disposable kitchen item worth keeping, it is certainly tinfoil over plastic wrap. Aluminum foil has oh-so-many uses, doesn’t it? So many, in fact, that we are actually out of it right now, after crafting my youngest’s tin woodman hat for Halloween (but I digress). The point is, in terms of food […]
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