Watershed Discipleship: An Introduction
Article by Ched Myers (abstracted from the Introduction and Conclusion to Watershed Discipleship: Reinhabiting Bioregional Faith and Practice, 2016), 12 pages. Looks at basic philosophical and ecological concepts of WD. In the second part of the article, Myers explores incarnation, baptism and ecological readings of scripture, and suggests a vision of every local congregation as…
Watershed Discipleship: Reinhabiting Bioregional Faith and Practice
This collection introduces and explores “watershed discipleship” as a critical, contextual, and constructive approach to ecological theology and practice. Features emerging voices from a generation that has grown up under the shadow of climate catastrophe. Watershed Discipleship is a “triple entendre” that recognizes we are in a watershed historical moment of crisis, focuses on our…
“What is Radical Discipleship?”
What this week is really about is to commemorate 40 years of the Radical Discipleship movement.  Radical Discipleship is NOT a dope slogan, or a mobilizing soundbyte, or a hip brand, or an ironic twitter handle.Â
From “Creation Care to “Watershed Discipleship”: Re-Placing Ecological Theology and Practice
by Ched Myers Published in the Conrad Grebel Review, Vol. 32, NO. 3 Fall 2014, pp 250-275. 26 pages. In this article Ched explores how our theology might be re-placed in light of the arrival of glocbal ecological crisis: Thomas Meton’s dictum, uttered under the shadow of an earlier, equally foreboding apocalyptic moment (the 1962…
Converting to “watershed discipleship”
Ched speaks about his life and conversion to “watershed discipleship” at Jesus Radicals conference in 2011: Part 1 Part 2
Reinhabiting the River of Life (Rev 22:1–2): Rehydration, Redemption, and Watershed Discipleship
by Ched Myers Missio Dei: A Journal of Missional Theology and Praxis 5, no. 2 (August 2014) Published online at missiodeijournal.com Water lies at the center of our Christian sign of baptism and our current ecological crises and, thus, deserves deeper theological treatment. This paper explores visions of “redemption as rehydration” in the prophetic literature, then…
A Watershed Moment
by Ched Myers Sojourners, May. 2014 5pp In the face of ecocide, the choice before us is stark: discipleship or denial. Our history is increasingly hostage to a deep and broad ecological crisis. Stalking us for centuries, it is now upon us in the interlocking catastrophes of climate destruction, habitat degradation, species extinction, and resource…