James White in the Rockies

At PMC today, Dwight Nelson preached about the personal side of Ellen White while stressing that her three passions were Jesus, the Bible, and saving the lost. You can check out the sermon series here: “The Gift: Ellen White – What Was She Really Like?“ Excerpts from this quote made me think of our poor, [...]

ANN: Valuing God’s Creation

Protecting environment rooted in valuing God’s creation, church leaders say (Adv News Network, 22 Apr 2010) A new video on the Adventists About Life YouTube channel offers motivation from a Seventh-day Adventist health expert for combating pollution. The video comes during the week concerned citizens, corporations and governments in 190 countries worldwide observe Earth Day [...]

Spectrum: Open Letter to the Environment

An Open Letter to the Environment (Sigve Tonstad, Spectrum, 25 Apr 2010) Dear environment, You are losing. [full article]

Adv Review: Interview with Sigve Tonstad

What Are We Really Doing to God’s Creatures? (Sandra Blackmer, Adv Review) Christians in North America who are concerned about responsible stewardship of the earth note that Adventists appear to be relative latecomers to the conversation. Awareness, though, is growing within the church of the escalating problem of bacteria resistance to antibiotics because of their [...]

Shabbat Shalom — Tending the Earth Together

Shabbath Shalom (Vol. 56, No. 2, 2009) dedicated an entire issues to creation care — “Tending the Earth Together.” Articles include: An Ecological Ideal (Editorial) Interviews with Lewis Regenstein, Jo Ann Davidson & Peter Sinclair Fun Facts on Ecology (Jo Ann Davidson) Hebrew Concept of the World (Jacques B. Doukhan) Ecology & Ecotherapy in Revelation [...]

ANN: Jan Paulsen

Adventist leaders comment on Copenhagen climate summit: Caring for environment is “Christian issue,” president says (Victor Hulbert, ANN, 14 Dec. 2009) Should Christians be concerned about caring for the environment? The president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, Jan Paulsen, says “yes,” in a video released on YouTube, coinciding with the Copenhagen Summit.

Spectrum: Jan Paulsen on Creation Care

Spectrum recently highlighted a new film by Jan Paulsen that considers care of God’s created world–Jan Paulsen on Caring for Creation (Alexander Carpenter, 2 Dec. 2009). As always, engaging conversation followed. Click here to view the video.

Adv Today: A Theology of Tree-Hugging

A Theology of Tree-Hugging (Nathan Brown, Adventist Today Blog, 3 Dec. 2009). Excerpt: How we live in comparative affluence impacts directly and indirectly upon the lives of millions of others and upon the limited resources of our world. As Christian stewards, we should be using the many choices in our lives, our consumer power and [...]

Vibrant Life: Green Blog

Last week I found out an old friend of mine writes a green blog for Vibrant Life magazine. (Photo from the VL website) She also recently wrote a piece for Adventist Activism on community.

Adventist Bibliography

For those who desire to study past SDA writings, you can find a significant list at Adventist Women & the Earth–Adventist Writings on Ecology. The most recent date is 2003.