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In November Coffee Talk was on environmental stewardship. Related posts are below.
Panelists at the November Coffee Talk.
Panelists at the November Coffee Talk.

“Gobble, gobble: Why we can’t eat money”

Annie May Brown, urban farmer and den mama of a lovely intentional community, ended her article on environmental stewardship with a Cree proverb, reminding us that not until we have gobbled up every last bit of nature will we realize that we cannot eat money.

“Finding something priceless in the environmental stewardship conversation”

Not long ago there was a flurry of popular credit card ads which would name expensive products and their price, forming a list whose last item was some emotional state or level of trust labeled as “priceless.”

“Seeds, society and stewardship, oh my!”

“A man will reap what he sows.” — Galatians 6:7-9 . Isn’t that such a timeless principle?

“Jesuits work toward sustainable future”

On Oct. 7, I had the privilege of witnessing Gonzaga University President Thayne McCulloh and Gonzaga Prep President Al Falkner sign the St. Francis Pledge to Care for Creation and the Poor, making the Catholic and Jesuit schools partners in the national movement for faithful action on climate change.

“Climate Change: It’s worse than you think”

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“A particle called God”

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Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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