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January 8, 2010

tending to eden

Written by Scott Sabin, executive director of a Christian relief and development agency, Tending to Eden is an invaluable resource for environmentally conscious congregations and community groups. In this practical guide for creation care, Sabin offers:

  • Theological foundations for environmental stewardship
  • A global perspective
  • Practical strategies and case studies addressing:
  • Sustainable agriculture and forestry
  • Creating enterprise (micro-credit, micro-finance, and micro-enterprise)
  • Empowering the poor
via judsonpress.com

Just heard about this book from my friends at Floresta and Plant With Purpose. Watch for more on this book. Scott is a veteran Christian leader in creation care. People have been asking him to write this book for a long time. Can't wait to check it out.

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May 23, 2007

more from kingsolver

With all due respect for the wondrous ways people have invented to amuse themselves and one another on paved surfaces, I find that this exodus from the land makes me unspeakably sad. I think of the children who will never know, intuitively, that a flower is a plant's way of making love, or what silence sounds like, or that trees breathe out what we breathe in. I think of the astonished neighbor children who huddled around my husband in his tiny backyard garden, in the city where he lived years ago, clapping their hands to their mouths in pure dismay at seeing him pull carrots from the ground....

I wonder what it will mean for people to forget that food, like rain, is not a product but a process. I wonder how they will imagine the infinite when they have never seen how the stars fill a dark night sky. I wonder how I can explain why a wood-thrush song makes my chest hurt to a populace for whom wood is a construction material and thrush is a tongue disease.

- Barbara Kingsolver, Small Wonder, via

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May 18, 2007

Climate Change and a Christian Response

May 22nd, 2007
12pm-1pm (bring your lunch!)
Floresta USA Office

Dr. Mike Mooring is a Professor in the Biology Department at Point Loma Nazarene University, where he teaches ecology and environmental biology. He is active in wildlife research, and he and his students are currently studying the genetics and behavior of American bison during the summer months. For the past 10 years, Dr. Mooring has been teaching his students the Biblical principles of creation care at PLNU, and is currently Co-Chair of the Resource Stewardship Task Force. As a practicing ecologist and Christian, he is committed to bringing the urgency of the current climate crisis to the attention of the faith community. Dr. Mooring is married and has 2 young children.

Please RSVP to Floresta at 858-274-3718

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April 22, 2007

el dia de la tierra

From Psalm 104:
30 When you send your Spirit,
they are created,
and you renew the face of the earth.

31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may the LORD rejoice in his works-

32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,
who touches the mountains, and they smoke.

33 I will sing to the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
as I rejoice in the LORD.

Having children, my appreciation for nature has increased so much. When you watch a child as a lady bug crawls on her hand or splashes in the waves or sees their favorite color in a sunset you look in their eyes and see an amazement, a wonder you realize you may have lost. In that moment, they are worshiping their Creator- soaking in and appreciating what he has given to them so freely and abundantly.

I'm constantly amazed at how concerns around the environment have become political. Even more appalling is how right-wing Christians will cry 'conspiracy theory' when global warming is spoken of. It's shameful. I despise being associated with people such as this most of the time. It is God's creation plane and simple. Who cares who else is for taking care of this globe, our scriptures and theology would seem to make it very clear-at leat it has to me-that we are responsible here. It is our duty to care for this place. And yet, here in the US, at least, we destroy it with our tongue-in-cheek jokes and shameless consumption of the natural resources that not only damage the earth but often result in the slaughter of those that live near access to those resources. How can the same people opposed to addressing global warming also talk about world evangelism? If you want to reach people, you better take better care of the land they stand on... or there won't be anyone to "reach out" to.

So, today we make plans for our garden that we will plant as an act of worship and appreciation to our Creator. We will attend the Earth Day festival to celebrate the gift given within Genesis. And we will show our gratitude tonight as a community, pledging our solidarity with all that is good that God has created.

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