Recipe for fresh chorizo

Chorizo sausage patties. Photo courtesy of Starr Luteri.

Let's be thoughtful about our food, so we can truly enjoy it. Find recipes for family and friends including a new recipe for fresh chorizo sausage, courtesy of Starr's Kitchen.

Leading with our bodies

When it comes to eating, most Christians are Gnostic. As a result, their bodies suffer. If the church and its members are to thrive, they need leaders who model a more holistic, sacramental way to eat.

A young man harvests beans in a church garden. Photo by Chris Carmichael.

Soon after we planted the first bed of garlic at Anathoth, our church’s community garden, a woman joined who suffered from severe obesity. Dina, as I’ll call her, came regularly to our Saturday workdays, volunteering with other members in exchange for a share of the harvest. Her weight made it impossible for her to weed or plant, but she laughed and visited with those who did.

Once, when we were harvesting some particularly lovely heads of Jericho lettuce, Dina raised her hands in a priestly gesture, head of lettuce in each hand, and said, “Praise Jesus for lettuce!” Read more.

Food and Faith Initiative

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PHP grants for 26 food security projects share nearly $200,000

LOUISVILLE — The Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP) has awarded grants totaling $196,300 to 26 organizations around the country working to alleviate hunger by creating a more just and healthier food system. The grants will help support projects that focus on such issues as food accessibility for low-income families, justice for farm workers, strengthening local food economies, sustainable development, community organizing, and education and advocacy around food issues.

“Ultimately, the test of any food system and the policies that shape it is a moral one,” said Andrew Kang Bartlett, the PHP’s Associate for National Hunger Concerns. “We can ask ourselves: Do our consumer choices, our actions in church and in our workplace, and our public policies put the needs of people above fear-based concerns and profits? Do they recognize and protect the dignity of humankind and the integrity of God’s creation?” [Read more]