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Louise Conner, Editor

Louise Conner, Editor

Louise loves being able to bring together things she cares deeply about—writing, God, and creation—by writing for The Ecological Disciple. She lives in the Puget Sound area with and near her family.

The Art of Creation: All We Can Save

The Art of Creation: All We Can Save

October 12, 2023 - in the face of the stark statement that "Everything is transitory," Ellen Bass, in her remarkable poem, "The Big Picture," reminds us that the big picture isn't the only picture there is. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: The Photo Ark

The Art of Creation: The Photo Ark

October 5, 2023 - After photographing grizzly bears, koalas, wolves and other animals in the field for 17 years,Joel Sartore is now trying to photograph the 25,000 species in human captivity. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Help Me Listen

The Art of Creation: Help Me Listen

September 28, 2023 - Although "listening to the voice of creation," can be practiced in many good and important ways, my suggestion for today is that you try, with God's help and using this prayer, to literally and physically hear the voice of creation with your senses. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Looking Outward, Looking Inward

The Art of Creation: Looking Outward, Looking Inward

September 21, 2023 - NASA doesn't only look outward away from the earth, it looks inward toward the earth as well. Its telescopes and and other instruments point at city lights, melting ice caps, phytoplankton blooms, and wildfires, as wells as stars as they form and explode. . By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Sculptured Ecosystems

The Art of Creation: Sculptured Ecosystems

September 7, 2023 - Jackie Brookner (1945-2015) was an ecological artist whose work is often both aesthetic and practical, opening people's awareness to their connections with the rest of creation and also functioning to make those connections healthier and stronger. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: The Bead King

The Art of Creation: The Bead King

August 31, 2023 - Nicknamed “The Bead King," Gateja is a mixed-media artist and jewelry designer, known for his use of recycled and sustainable materials—in particular, his paper beads. His large-scale, intricate works are often colorful and tend to a hopeful view of the world. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: No One Else

The Art of Creation: No One Else

August 24, 2023 - This poem by Marshall Island poet Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner brings home to readers that climate change doesn't just threaten "nations" in the abstract, but affects specific people, creatures, and land that are part of those nations. By Louise Conner