Greta Thunberg edits this large collection of very short essays by dozens of the world’s experts in fields from climatology to agriculture to energy to environmental justice. The book moves through several sections from “How Climate Works” to “What We Must Do Now.” This is…
Debra RienstraAugust 8, 2021
So now my four tomato plants are producing like mad, and I’m faced with the problem of what to do with all these tomatoes.
Debra RienstraJuly 31, 2021
You’re living through traumatic times. After fifteen-plus months spent regarding all members of the public—along with one’s science-doubting relatives—as walking dispensers of viral load, you can’t expect to recover instantly.
Debra RienstraJuly 17, 2021
Art has the power to weasel behind our defenses, awaken us emotionally, disturb the smooth surfaces of our certainties.
Debra RienstraJuly 3, 2021
Like most butterflies, monarchs specialize in one host plant: in their case, it’s milkweed. That’s their nursery. Accept no substitutes.
Debra RienstraJune 19, 2021
It’s heartbreaking to see the once-beautiful churches in these photographs encrusted with mold and junk and falling apart. Plaster crumbles from sanctuary ceilings, organs molder, pews gather coatings of dirt and dust, stairwells collapse into piles of beautifully carved, jumbled pieces.
Debra RienstraJune 5, 2021
For UK Christian leaders, the challenges are fraught and puzzling: how to steward property, how to do church in a changing cultural context. The heavy questions of how many will remain faithful, and what faithfulness now means.
Debra RienstraJune 4, 2021
