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 [...]

Spectrum: Intersection TV

Spectrum has an interesting article with video clips — Intersection TV: Green Adventism (Alexander Carpenter, May 13, 2009). We hear it all the time on the news: the earth is in peril, we need to take better care of our planet! So what does this mean for Christians? In “Green Christianity” Intersection’s panelists talk about [...]

Significance of the Creation Story

The creation story has theological, sociological and ethical implications for many topics. This past week I was surprised to come across creation care while reading research shared by Allan Martin on young adult ministry. One of the 7 articles was “‘Converted to the Kingdom:’ Social Action Among College Students Today” (Evan Hunter, Christian Education Journal, [...]

Simply Christian

I’ve been reading N. T. Wright’s Simply Christian while eating breakfast each morning, and a quote from today’s portion is worth sharing here (p. 149): Because Christian worship is the celebratory praise and adoration of God the creator, one of its key tasks is to tell, in a thousand different ways, the story of creation [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Voice of Prophecy

The July/August 2008 issue of Voice of Prophecy News is titled How Should Christians Spend the Earth? The first article, “It’s Not Easy Thinking Green,” starts with the line, “Conservative Christians in America often don’t lead the way in taking care of this planet…” That’s a pretty good start; lead with the facts. I appreciate [...]

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, [...]

Motivation for Creation Care is More Than Heat

Avoiding global warming should not be our primary motivation for caring for the planet. Creation care is much bigger than temperature, as significant as it may be. At AEA we are united in our purpose to respect our Father’s world and to care for it as responsible stewards. This is true regardless of whether or [...]

Adventist Business — Lakeland Mills Demonstrates Green Manufacturing

Robert Jensen, who co-owns Lakeland Mills with Calvin Hunt, sat down with AEA to talk about “green business.” Bob would rather not give interviews; he says it’s not about him. I respect that, but apparently not enough to let him get out of the interview. You can read more about Bob and the Something Else [...]