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 [...]

Spectrum: Lent Series + Bonus

These 2 articles in Spectrum’s Lent series may be of interest: Vegetarianism Environmentalism Full Series Bonus: Celtic Christian Theology – The Goodness of Creation

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 [...]

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 [...]

WCC Statement on Just Peace

I found this paragraph on the environment while reading the World Council of Churches (WCC) statement on Just Peace (p. 2): “Initial Statement Towards an Ecumenical Declaration on Just Peace” 6. The angel’s song [of Luke 2] puts the emphasis on the earth as the location of peace, so as to indicate that the curse [...]

Creation Sabbath

Today is Creation Sabbath for Adventists around the world. Here is the website set-up for today’s events–Creation Sabbath. And here is a prayer by Alexander Carpenter (Spectrum). What do you think? What did you and your church do to celebrate Creation Sabbath?

Sleeth on Sabbath — Catalyst Conference ’09

Today Matthew Sleeth spoke at the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta. Drew Dyck of Christianity Today reports this snippet about Sabbath: Matthew sees a connection between our conception of time and our treatment of God’s earth. He didn’t mince words. “How many of you take a Sabbath?” he asked the room of Christian leaders. Not a [...]

SCUPE: Eco-Justice Course

SCUPE (Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education) is offering a eco-justice class in Chicago next month (October 2009). SCUPE S-H 307: Eco-Justice: A Vision for a Sustainable City The course will develop a holistic vision for a sustainable city as an outworking of the concept of shalom, a just peace.  The course will evaluate the [...]

AMBS Eco-Theology Class

This class at my Mennonite seminary caught my attention: HTE531 – Ecological Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality Students will engage in understanding their connection to God and creation through four major themes: (1) the intersection of place and spirituality, (2) the theological context of creation care, (3) the ethical and economic frameworks of eco-justice, and (4) [...]