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abat (dress), 3
Abraham: binding of Isaac, testing of, 50; hospitality to the angels by, 41, 43; lineage and covenant made with, 47–48, 49; making God master of the house, 46; Targum on hospitality example using, 44–46; worthiness of, 49
Adam and Eve story, 7, 10–11, 25
addictions/cravings, 144, 148–49
agricultural laws: Christ’s teachings on dietary and, 145–49; Old Testament, 141–43, 195–96
“All Creatures of Our God and King” (St. Francis of Assisi), 126–27
Ambrose of Milan, St., 16
animals: biblical dietary and agricultural laws on, 139–49, 195–96; compassion for, 27; flood story on Noah and the, 24–27
Annie’s, 99
Anthony, St., 158, 159
Appalachia Mountains, 12
Arnold, Eberhard, 154
Ashley, 30, 31
At Blackwater Pond (Oliver), 34
Athanasius, St., 132
Augustine, 121
Austin’s energy conservation power plant, 58–59
baptism, 34–35
Barnabas, 157
Barton, S. C., 53
Beecher, Henry Ward, 33, 84
Ben & Jerry’s, 99
Berry, Wendell, 30
Bible: Abraham and the three angels, 41, 43; Adam and Eve story of the, 7, 10–11, 25; binding of Isaac story of the, 50; on community of God’s people, 166; Daniel’s story of the, 137–41, 149; examples of hospitality in the, 41, 42, 43, 44; flood story of the, 24–27; Job’s story of the, 103–4, 107–9, 110, 113; psalms and music included in the, 120–23; Ruth’s story of the, 87–88, 93–94. See also creation story; New Testament; Old Testament
biblical art, 193–94
Bildad, 108
binding of Isaac, 50
biracial population, 132
The Blue Zones (Buettner), 159
Boaz, 87–88, 95
Bob’s Red Mill, 99
Boehme, Jacob, 14
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 173
Bruderhof (Platte Clove Community), 153–58, 166
Buechner, Frederick, 161
Buettner, Dan, 159
business recycling, 98–99
Calvin, John, 67
Canticle of the Sun (St. Francis of Assisi), 32
Cantico di fratre sole (Song of Brother Sun) [St. Francis of Assisi], 126–27
Caravaggio, Michelangelo, 193
Carver, George Washington, 116
Cascadian Farm, 99
chain restaurants, 163
change: longing for transformation by God required for, 170; moving toward simplicity, 170–79
Charlotte’s Web (White), 174
Chernobyl nuclear accident, 58
Christ the Educator (St. Clement of Alexandria), 68
Christian hospitality, 44, 49
The Church of the Eastern Christians (Zernov), 193
Clean Water Act, 13
Clement of Alexandria, St., 68, 147, 148
Clinton, 82
clothes dryers, 12, 14, 15
coal energy: comparing nuclear and, 57–58; pollution and price of, 12–14, 58
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 82
Colorado River, 32
Columba, St., 133
commencement address, 184–85
Commentary on Genesis (Calvin), 67
Communality (Lexington), 164
communion, 50
community: Bible on God’s people and, 166; Bruderhof (“brotherhood”) model of, 153–58, 166; first-century church model of, 158; home churches emergence in, 165; hospitality to build, 160–61, 163; improving the aesthetics of our, 163–64; modern challenges to living in, 159–60; monastic model of, 158; new monastic model of, 164; putting needs of others first in, 156; sharing to build, 161, 162–63, 164; show our love for God by reaching out to, 154–55; soul required for, 166; tolerance required for close, 165; virtual, 164; what you can do to encourage, 167–68. See also neighbors
compassion: for animals, 27; feeding the hungry as form of, 142
Compassion for Animals: Readings and Prayers (Linzey), 191
The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier (Whittier), 129
conservation: consequences of poor, 62; energy, 12, 58–59, 69–70; as making biblical and common sense, 68; politicized and polarizing topic of, 65; water, 32–33, 36–39. See also environmental issues
consumerism: modern lifestyle of, 169–71; what you can do to combat, 180–81. See also simplicity
Contra Gentes (St. Athanasius), 132
Cornelius, 146
The Cosmic Christ (Maloney), 132
cravings/addictions, 144, 148–49
creation/nature: celebrating, 108; connection between Jesus and God’s, 190; giving back sacrificially to God’s, 196, 197–98; God’s creation of, 58, 104; God’s love for his creations and, 105; God’s sacrifice of his son to reconcile, 184; how to celebrate, 117–18; intended to sustain us, 107; learning from, 109; learning humble attitude from, 110; marveling at God’s, 114–16; music to care and celebrate, 119–33; organic language origins in, 111–14; praising God’s, 111; relationship between God, earth and, 28; restoration through relationship with, 189; trees, 4–5. See also earth
creation story: Adam and Eve story of, 7, 10–11, 25; association of water with, 24, 25; doing work in harmony with, 9, 12; on God’s seventh day rest, 72, 73; of the waters and the earth, 23; work as essential part of, 3. See also Bible
“Dancing in the Streets” (Marvin Gaye), 129
Daniel’s story, 137–41, 149
David, 122
da Vinci, Leonardo, 194
Day, Dorothy, 52, 165
day of rest: after completion of work, 10; creation story on God’s seventh day, 72, 73, 81; as a gift, 76, 77, 78; how to celebrate your, 83–84; personal experience of keeping, 83–84; rewards of keeping, 75; “Stop days” as, 71–72, 73. See also work
desert father, 158
DeVito, Danny, 188
dietary laws: Christ’s teachings on, 145–49; Daniel’s story on following, 137–41, 149; how to encourage biblical practices of, 150–51
discontent, 177–78
The Division of Nature (Eriugena), 31
Donne, John, 158
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