Anniversary Edition
Five years ago, on Earth Day, we launched The Ecological Disciple with two columns: The Way Forward and The Art of Creation. Today, we include links to two of the first pieces we published when we began this journal five years ago.
The Way Forward: You Must Start Here
by James Amadon
published April, 2021
I am tempted to begin my writing for The Ecological Disciple with a litany of what is wrong: our warming planet, rising oceans, and unstable climate; our addiction to consumption and the resulting streams of waste; our penchant to place the burdens of our greed on the ecosystems of the earth, the backs of the poor, and the inheritance of future generations; and our deeply-rooted religious complicity and indifference. I am tempted to begin with righteous anger, to thunder like an Old Testament prophet about how all this is WRONG and MUST BE CHANGED! I am tempted to begin with grief, to describe the deep sadness I feel for what we have already lost... This is where we start the journey – in love. Read the remainder of the piece here.
The Art of Creation: 163 Steps
by Louise Conner
published April 2021
The Art of Creation: 163 Steps
Not just a beautiful set of mosaics, the 16th Avenue Tiled Steps connecting 15th Avenue with 16th Avenue near Moraga Avenue in San Francisco is a work of art, a neighborhood project, a gathering place, and an ecological haven for an endangered species, all in one. From Google Maps, the satellite view shows a long string of gray, concrete steps, but if you go there, you will see something quite different. Read the remainder of this post here.
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