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Author: Bill Guerrant

Would John Wesley Eat Organic?

Farming practices in Wesley’s day were little changed from those of the previous two thousand years. What does this mean for a Wesleyan ethic of food production and consumption?

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Christians Can Celebrate Earth Day

It’s fine to call one day a year “Earth Day,” but the reality is that for humans and the rest of our biotic community, every day is Earth Day. Read more from Bill Guerrant as he provokes us to care for our earth.

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Is the World Getting Better or Worse?

Is the world going to hell in a handbasket? Bill Guerrant shares the truth about the “good old days” and where we stand now in terms of poverty, war, and the evils present in the world today.

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One Sin the Church Can't Afford to Ignore

John Wesley did not consider eating to be a morally neutral act. In fact, wellness and diet were central to Wesley’s message in ways that might seem strange to most American churchgoers today. Read more on the blog from Bill Guerrant, a farmer and leader in the food movement.

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A Wesleyan Food Ethic?

John Wesley devoted a substantial part of his life’s work to improving the physical health and well-being of all people. Read more today from Bill Guerrant’s work on the Organic Wesley.

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Planting Gardens in Celebration of Resurrection

2,000 years ago, Jesus rose triumphantly from the grave. In honor of his coming forth from the tomb, Bill Guerrant asks Christians to consider letting this be a season for sowing real seeds in real soil, suggesting there’s no better opportunity to marvel at the reality of new life in Christ.

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Rethinking Your Lenten Fast

Rather than merely taking a temporary respite from some minor personal pleasure, perhaps we should see this Lenten season as an opportunity to commence a “perpetual fast” from “inferior appetites,” such as food that we know to be destructive of our health. At a minimum, might we not be able to identify one or two things that we know to be harmful to our health, and in the spirit of the solemnity of Lent begin the process of removing them from our lives altogether?

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John Wesley: The Precursor to the Food Movement

For Wesleyans the contemporary food movement shouldn’t be seen as something new. Rather, for Christians in Wesleyan traditions the principles motivating today’s food movement are part of our ecclesiastical DNA. Read more from ethical farmer Bill Guerrant in today’s piece.

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