Austin resident and Deep Conversion Communications founder, Elizabeth Freese, won the Franciscan Philanthropist Award in Earth Ministry’s national Care for Creation Sermon Contest, held at University Lutheran Church in Seattle on September 27, 2009. Freese's sermon, "The Irresistable Sustainable Future," generated the greatest donations at the fundraising event. The full press release is available on the Deep Conversation Communications website.
"If there is to be any life going forward, its “chief cornerstone” will necessarily be the principles of mutual, caring community that Jesus and his followers stood up for and celebrated, even as the cross loomed. In our confrontation with ecosystem limits, these are the only principles which enable sustainable life, and so it is no accident that the essence of the current global movement for eco/social justice is hauntingly similar to that of the kindom inaugurated by Jesus long ago."
- Elizabeth Freese, "The Irresistable Sustainable Future"
Congratulations, Ms. Freese!