Our Industrial Wound and the Salty Tears of GOD
The Gulf oil spill is an open wound- it is the lifeblood of the Industrial Age- mixing with the salty tears of GOD…Our future lies in humility before GOD and not in our utopian dreams. From that point of reconciliation a new way of life can begin…
The Book of Created Things: Reading the Gulf Oil Spill
The gulf oil spill bears witness that we have rejected our earthliness, forgotten who we are, and broken the sacred connection between ourselves and our world. As Metropolitan John Zizioulas writes, “The human being has rejected his role as the priest of creation by making himself God in creation.”
The Gulf of Mexico and the Care of Creation
As I type this, I am looking out at the Gulf of Mexico…those waters I grew up with, gently lapping against the sand, are threatening to bring with them millions of gallons of oil…Five years after Hurricane Katrina leveled this hometown of mine, it is bracing for the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history…
A Prayer for the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Please join me in prayer for the families of those who died and were injured, for those whose lives and livelihoods have been affected, for those working to clean up the spill, and for God’s creatures and creations that are damaged…
The BP Oil Spill: A Christian Call for Lament and Reconciliation
During the Duke Center for Reconciliation’s Summer Institute, Christians from varied denominations, backgrounds, and nations gathered to explore the work Christ is doing in reconciling all things…As followers of Christ…we mourn the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe and the BP oil spill now polluting the Gulf of Mexico…
Sawdust Resurrection
Four and a half miles from the end of our hike, we came across a gigantic pile of sawdust…this area had been clear cut and run through the mill. Now that history was mostly invisible except with careful observation…
People of Earth
We must again go back to the source. GOD made Adam from adamah and we must remember that we are both people of GOD’s breathe and people of the earth. We are called to cultivate, steward and renew…
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Toxic Sludge Is Good For You
Several weeks back it happened again. I remember it happening last year- coinciding with the warmth of Spring…The trucks parade back and forth for hours. What these trucks are hauling is one of the most controversial substances on the American landscape…sludge (aka: biosolids)
Tending To Eden: Interview With Scott Sabin
We asked Scott a few questions based on his new book and are grateful for his timely perspective on the link between environmental degradation and poverty, the future and mission of the church at large, and what it means to humbly merge JESUS’ Great Commandment with His Great Commission…
Green Guilt, Green Grace
Is there such thing as green guilt? Absolutely. Green grace is what God is doing about the planet’s dilemma, within us, without us and most often, despite us.
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