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…
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…
Cultivating Community In GOD’s Gardens
Adam was placed in a garden GOD planted Himself. Today GOD is again placing His people in gardens. This Christian community based agriculture can be a powerful shift in how we function as local expressions of GOD’s kingdom. These farms and gardens can serve as places of spiritual renewal…
Gardening With GOD
Perhaps one reason God created human beings to tend the garden is because God knew that it is in its midst that we connect most intimately to the character and ways of our Creator. Yet much theology about creation care focuses more on preserving wilderness areas and overcoming pollution than on the joy of gardening.
Poor Folks Don’t Care About the Earth
I was not being fair to those that need to think about their basic needs first. So I started to think, how can I help those with limited choices not only have what they need to live but to give them choices?
The New Religion of Environmentalism
I often hear the claim that environmentalism is a kind of new religion, usually from folks who are trying to disparage the movement. I think it’s partly right but it’s not enough to claim that environmentalism seems like a religion. We have to provide some answers for what to do…
Redeeming Creation: The Biblical Basis for Environmental Stewardship
Caring for the environment is a moral issue. How we interact with the world around us, not just with other people but with the stuff of the earth, is not a matter of right, but of responsibility…
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