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Summer skills resolution

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:31:47 +0000

It is almost here. The endless, hazy days of summer. Time for…what? Reading, fishing, sleeping in, staying up late. Watching TV? Playing video games? Our main goal is to be outside as much as possible. But one proposed rule for our boys (10 and 13) who are starting to use the computer more: you can only [...]

News: Pope Francis, Life and Creation

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:03 +0000

Catholic thoughts on the care of creation and the culture of life.

Food Freedom, not Food Rules

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:27:50 +0000

Eating with joy means accepting food as God's gift.

Interview: Mark Linfield, Director of Disneynature Feature Chimpanzee

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:51:59 +0000

Rusty Pritchard of Flourish Magazine recently interviewed Mark Linfield, co-director of Chimpanzee, to be released today in theaters across the United States. FLOURISH MAGAZINE: What inspired you to make Chimpanzee? Mark Linfield: Well, you know my codirector Alastair [Fothergill] had filmed chimpanzees in that forest 25 years ago, so he always had a hankering [...]

Connecting Kids to Creation: Everything is Interesting

admin — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:25:51 +0000

by Rusty Pritchard The wiring is already there. The mental infrastructure is in place. It’s up to us to provide the raw materials. I’m not a romantic. Don’t accuse me of putting the “noble savage” on a pedestal. I’m part scientist, part economist. It doesn’t get much more rationalistic than that. But I already know [...]

Everything is Interesting: Raising Educated People

admin — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:57:46 +0000

By Jerram Barrs Flourish, Spring 2012 We live in a culture filled with boredom and cynicism—even among our children. It is a tragic commentary on our culture that you can meet 16- and 17-year-old kids who are apathetic about their own existence and bored much of the time. And it is not only teenagers for [...]

Inside Flourish Magazine, Spring 2012

admin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:45:04 +0000

Thank You Kendra The issue of Flourish magazine you’re viewing is the fruit of many hands, evidence of the faithful work of a community. Leading that band of writers, poets, artists, thinkers, and volunteers for the last three years has been the work of our managing editor, Kendra Langdon Juskus, to whom we now bid [...]

Earth Day’s Forgotten Founder

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:31:24 +0000

The Christian roots of the original Earth Day: It wasn’t April 22, and it wasn’t a protest movement. by John A. Murdock Flourish, Spring 2012 Ninety-six-year-old John McConnell still proclaims the same message of “peace, justice, and the care of Earth” that he has for decades, in settings as varied as the United Nations in [...]

A Call to Compassion from Our Brothers the Animals

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:20:38 +0000

Animal welfare is part of Evangelical heritage

Romans 1:20 Moments

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:17:20 +0000

Time spent in God’s creation reveals the face of God. by Nancy Sleeth Flourish, Spring 2012 It all started in a garden, as so many good things do. Shortly after we moved to Kentucky, a new friend, Sharon, invited me to her house. Sharon lives in an economically challenged section of town alongside people of [...]