{"id":2136,"date":"2023-12-02T19:05:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T19:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/?page_id=2136"},"modified":"2023-12-02T19:21:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T19:21:33","slug":"habitat-refugium-garden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/serve\/creation-justice\/habitat-refugium-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Habitat Refugium Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CUCC HABITAT REFUGIUM GARDEN<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>We can use REFUGIUM and REFUGIA as a metaphor to explore how Christian spirituality and practice must adapt to prepare for life on a climate-altered planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refugia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (reh-FU-jee-ah) is a biological term describing places of shelter where life endures in times of crisis, such as a volcanic eruption, fire, or stressed climate. Ideally, these refugia endure, expand, and connect so that new life emerges.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_7660-776x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2143\" style=\"width:429px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_7660-776x1024.png 776w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_7660-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_7660-768x1013.png 768w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_7660-18x24.png 18w, 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width=\"896\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"2140\" src=\"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/15-Watering-the-Garden.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/15-Watering-the-Garden.png 896w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/15-Watering-the-Garden-280x300.png 280w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/15-Watering-the-Garden-768x823.png 768w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/15-Watering-the-Garden-22x24.png 22w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/15-Watering-the-Garden-34x36.png 34w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/15-Watering-the-Garden-45x48.png 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In her book <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortresspress.com\/store\/product\/9781506473796\/Refugia-Faith\"><b><i>Refugia Faith: Seeking Hidden Shelters, Ordinary Wonders, and the Healing of the Earth<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>, <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Debra Rienstra applies this concept to human culture and faith, asking, In this era of ecological devastation, how can Christians become people of refugia? How can we find and nurture these refugia, not only in the biomes of the earth but in our human cultural systems and in our spiritual lives? How can we apply all our love and creativity to this task as never before?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CUCC HABITAT REFUGIUM GARDEN We can use REFUGIUM and REFUGIA as a metaphor to explore how Christian spirituality and practice must adapt to prepare for life on a climate-altered planet. 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