Last semester I read an enormously challenging book called "Missions And Money: Affluence As a Missionary Problem". One of the most helpful chapters is Christopher Wright's contribution on the "righteous rich" in the Hebrew Bible. He lists nine qualities that can be discerned from the text. If you are reading a blog more than likely…
Tag: Ethics
Reflections and Resolutions
I found this excellent list of questions that caused me to reflect on my journey towards ethical eating and the year that looms on the horizon. 1. What new local food did you discover this year? 2. What bad food habit did you give up or replace? 3. What’s your most memorable meal of 2008?…
Pre-Consumption Prayer
This is worth re-posting. Excellent thoughts along the lines of Consuming Christmas from God's Politics: “Consumption” isn’t a bad word. Even as we watch the excesses of the consumer economy crumble and collapse around us, we should remember that the word “consume” also means “to eat.” On Thursday, many of us consumed to excess as…
In Search of Food Leviticus
Speaking of Faith replayed Krista Tippet's interview last year with Barbara Kingsolver called The Ethics of Eating. I caught a phrase this time around that grabbed my attention. Kingsolver said she was in search of "Food Leviticus." I can sympathize with that! For those who mainly stay away from the book of the Bible that…
Waste Not: Food Crisis Edition
I actually wrote this back on July 11 this summer. The news is not exactly recent, but I think still relevant. Apparently the good folks at the G8 summit on the food crisis were treated to an 18 course dinner this week, including milk-fed lamb, sea urchins, caviar and a lot of other foods that…
