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, [...]

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 [...]

Adventist Review – Letter to the Editor

Because the following Letter to the Editor has gone unpublished, I thought I’d post it here. Elements of this letter have appeared in some of my other AEA musings. Dear Adventist Review Editor: I appreciated Roy Adam’s important discussion of the environment in his November 8, 2007 editorial, “Sweat the Small Stuff.” As Seventh-day Adventists, [...]

Happy Holidays!

From the folks at Adventist Environmental Advocacy.

The Beauty of Creation and the Sabbath

Well, this is my first post here. Let me begin with a handful of “I” statements. I’m thankful that Jared and Caleb started this blog and have invited me to join in the conversation. I realize that this first (long) article is just preaching to the choir. I’ll try to rant just this once. I [...]

Prophetic Poetry II – My Father’s World (Amy Grant – 2007)

This music video features a well-loved hymn in a contemporary format accompanied by images of our Earth’s beauty.

This Good Earth

Note: This entry is full of pics that evidently aren’t working. There is a notification up on blogger.com’s home page stating that there’s a bug in the system preventing some images from being viewed properly. (Pooh) Rather than deleting this post, I’ll wait to see whether blogger.com can restore the images. If not, I may [...]