Watershed discipleship is an intentional triple entendre:
Recognizing we live in a watershed moment of ecological crisis;
Learning to be disciples in our watersheds; and
Developing awareness of the ways our watersheds act as our rabbis (teachers), pointing us to God.
Lucas Land recently posted a video of a talk he gave on Watershed Discipleship: An Ethical/Theological Framework at Texas Lutheran University’s Krost Symposium on Environmental Justice on October 16, 2014. Watch the video here:
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…
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…
Apr 25-May 11, 2014. Permaculture Design Certification Course The first ever Gospel-based PDC (to our knowledge) saw a dozen participants complete the internationally recognized permaculture design certification course, explored through the lens of radical theology and praxis. In this residential course, students graduated as certified Permaculturalists and were introduced to a diversity of embodied practices…
by Todd Wynward Think the local food movement is a fad for elite yuppies and homesteading hipsters? Think again. Meet the Red Willow Growers Cooperative: Taos Pueblo food producers who use cutting-edge technologies to promote place-based values that have sustained their culture for a thousand years. The Red Willow Farmer’s Market is a high-desert haven,…
by Todd Wynward Ched Myers writes that the phrase “watershed discipleship” holds an intentional double meaning: both acting as a disciple during this watershed moment in history, as well as acting as a disciple within and on behalf of a specific watershed, as “citizen inhabitants of specific places.” Those are both certainly true. Yet I’d…
Oct 11-14, 2013 Bartimaeus Institute The Oct 2013 BI was led by Chris Grataski, Ched Myers and Elaine Enns. It offered an introduction to the theory and practices of following Jesus in the way of ecojustice and permaculture. Exploring both meanings of “watershed discipleship” in this crucial historical moment of social and environmental crisis, we…