Climate change and our environmental crisis is essentially a relationship problem. Two necessary ingredients to any healthy relationship are compassion and communication. This includes our relationship to creation: the land, the water and the air. For instance, if we cannot feel the land and hear the land (or the water and air), then we cannot…
The photo above is of one of my favorite ties. I wear it when I’m speaking or acting on behalf of creation. For me, it calls to mind both Noah and NOAA(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) In 2011 I was actually wearing this tie when I met a former NOAA scientist. NOAA has provided excellent…
I have recently been reading a stunning new book, Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry: Conversations on Creation, Land Justice, and Life Together. The book includes an essay by Dakota writer and activist Waziyatawin, with this keen observation: “Stewardship” is loaded with anthropocentric ideology, implying that humans, and Christians in particular (since they have more power than…
I am a father of two great kids. I worry about their future, especially when I see extreme weather events accelerating around the world. It’s clear the climate is changing and very little is being done to correct what’s causing the problem, primarily carbon emissions from burning fossil fuel. I am also a person of…
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