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For God so loved the dirt

Whether Christians do right by the environment depends on whether we can see the Earth as a megastore where we can ‘shop’ for whatever we want — or as a garden that needs careful tending. People of faith have not done a very good job helping each other consider the lay of the land. Here’s how to turn the discussion.

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Catastrophic Weather: The New Normal

Ferocious blizzards and cataclysmic cyclones. Welcome to our planet, circa 2011–a planet that, like some unruly adolescent, has decided to test the boundaries. For two centuries now we’ve been burning fossil fuel that pours carbon into the atmosphere; for two decades we’ve been ignoring the increasingly impassioned warnings of scientists. And now we’re getting pinched.

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In These Times

With the environmental crisis unfolding with NO solutions in sight, it’s easy for even dedicated people of faith to lose hope and fall into despair.  But hope is never far from despair, says author and pastor Bob Sitze, in this essay posted by the Alban Institute.  (Joshua Smith photo used by Creative Commons license. Thanks,… Read more»

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The Science of Creation Care

A lot of confusing information and DISinformation clouds the relatively straightforward scientific data about the damage that human activity is doing to our planet. Here is a handy, no-nonsense resource that summarizes the science and the pastoral concerns. It’s posted on an informative website, Creation Care for Pastors, where there are lost of solid resources.