Articles tagged with Simple Living

by Ruth Johnston

Why I Garden

Harvesting produce from my tiny backyard garden in the middle of Minneapolis gives me powerful feelings of connection, integrity and joy. I forget myself as…

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Churches Update March 2021

Congregations Send Tree Bouquets, Recycle Electronics and Dig into Soil Science Here are a few things moving in our network: Participants at Ambler Mennonite Church,…

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Aquafaba:

How to Turn a Waste Product into Plant-based Ice Cream

by Luke Hertzler

I’ve made a lot of plant-based creations I’m excited about, but my aquafaba ice cream adventures are what I most want to share with you. Aquafaba (which translates, bean water) is the liquid that you pour out when you’re draining a can of chickpeas, but it can be from any other beans as well.  (more…)

NORTH OF THE BORDER

Filling the bucket

by Karla Braun Drip. Drip. I was raised to be conscious of water wastage. I didn’t need a list of five ways to save water…

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For in [Christ] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.

Colossians 1:19 - 20