Dear friends,
I am writing to invite you by a talk by Fred Bahnson, author of Soil and Sacrament, this upcoming Thursday at the Cathedral
of St. John the Divine. Fred will be joined by Shamu Sadeh, the Jewish
farmer who was featured in the Adamah chapter of Soil and Sacrament.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
7 PM – 8:30 PM, Cathedral of St. John the Divine
7 PM – 8:30 PM, Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street
I
first learned about Fred and his work several years ago. I was
impressed by the work of the Institute for Agriculture & Trade
Policy, and happened to be searching through the list of Food &
Community Fellows when I found Fred's profile and his work on
understanding the faith community's role in the food movement. Not too
long after, I learned about a book he co-authored with Norman Wirzba,
Making Peace with the Land: God's Call to Reconcile with Creation.
Last
year, several colleagues informed me of Fred's Re:Generate Fellowship
program through the Wake Forest University School of Divinity's Food,
Faith & Religious Leadership Initiative which he directs. I was
accepted to the program, and spent one of the most fulfilling weeks of
my life last summer in the hills of North Carolina in true fellowship, learning and sharing and
envisioning a "New Heaven, New Earth" with the other fellows and program
participants.
Fred
has become a dear mentor of mine, who through profound spiritual
conversion has developed a true gift for articulating the inextricable
link between "our yearning for real food" and "our spiritual desire to
be fed" as we seek to be truly alive. I feel a deep sense of peace and
shalom in the work of bringing people closer to the adamah from which we come, and am so grateful for his leadership in this endeavor. I still have much to learn from him.
I
hope you will be able to come and listen to Fred and Shamu speak this
Thursday at St. John the Divine. Please spread the word to others who
may be interested as well!
Peace -- and Shalom,
Kelly
