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 [...]

Trifecta

Three links for your Monday evening: Green (Film, 48 minutes, watch online) No Impact Man (Book, C Beavan, see earlier post) Heroes of the Environment 2009 (Article, Time magazine)

A Path Toward Awareness

I have written previously about the first scientific article that made a significant impact on my environmental awareness–Easter’s End (Jared Diamond, Discover, 1 Aug 1995). This past week I was reminded of what I believe was my first encounter with Christian enviro stewardship. It was 10 years later when Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis was published [...]

Books for Ordinary Radicals (Part 2)

At \books for ordinary radicals\, we just finished reading the environmental section of Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice. This week: Wonder and Restraint: A Rabbinical Call to Environmental Action (COEJL) Toxic Waste and the Talmud (Jeremy Benstein) Judaism, Oil, and Renewable Energy (Shana Starobin) Last week: Rereading Genesis (Ellen Bernstein) Jewish Textual Practice [...]

Books for Ordinary Radicals

Over at \books for ordinary radicals\, we’re reading Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice. The current chapters are on the environment, so I thought I’d give them a shout-out here. This week: Rereading Genesis (Ellen Bernstein) Jewish Textual Practice and Sustainable Culture (Natan Margalit) Coming next week: Wonder and Restraint: A Rabbinical Call to [...]

Community Solutions

The makers of The Power of Community recently wrapped up The Fifth U.S. Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions in Rochester, MI. The four areas of focus were energy, housing, transportation and food. These categories are significant for us all. How can I live more sustainably in these life spheres? I had hoped to [...]

Revolution in Jesusland

Recently, a few SDAs on Facebook have made positive comments about the political/religious blog Revolution in Jesusland (Zack Exley). I have also enjoyed reading his blog for some time, and while not every Adventist will appreciate Exley’s perspective or politics, two of his recent posts on the environment are worth mentioning here: 1. One Solution [...]

Matthew Sleeth Speaks at Andrews University

The Andrews University Family Fall Fellowship had the theme of “Our Father’s World.” The weekend included vespers and Sabbath School with noted environmental activist, Matthew Sleeth, M.D., a sermon by JoAnn Davidson that could well be described as an Adventist Theology of Ecology, bird-watching, canoeing, and a Sabbath lunch of (mostly) locally grown food. Dr. [...]

Faith & Environmentalism

Today I came across an interesting post written by Brian McLaren at God’s Politics, a blog hosted by Jim Wallis of Sojourners, describing a booklet published by the Sierra Club about faith and environmentalism–Faith in Action. D#@*$% Environmentalists! (by Brian McLaren, June 27, 2008) “Faith in Action” is a colorful, easy-to-read booklet and after a [...]

Serve God, Save the Planet

I had heard Dr. Matthew Sleeth preach. I’d read some of his interviews. I had scanned his website. I had researched the organization he now works for–A Rocha. But I hadn’t actually read his book, Serve God, Save the Planet, cover-to-cover until a few weeks ago. You can read all about the book, the man, [...]