What does a Blue Java banana tree have to do with stewardship? Quite a lot, as it turns out. The Blue Java banana — a small, cold-tolerant tree that bears striking blue fruit with a creamy, vanilla-like flavor — was

Dear Friends, When the Stewardship Committee asked me to write this year’s letter, my thoughts turned immediately to our sunflower garden. At first, it looked uncertain — a few fragile stems struggling to take root. But with patient care and

As Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica, and over forty-two million Americans faced the loss of their food stamps, I found myself thinking, I would love to return to the simple Jesus—the one the Gospels speak about. But then it struck me–