News

Moses in the Wall Street Journal this morning

Genesis flood account carried by the WSJ. Random, but cool. A warning, perhaps?
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204518504...

New Bedford, MA

New Bedford MA church wrestles with toxic soil

The NAACP is pressing the city and Fed EPA to let a New Bedford church know whether its grounds are safe. I hope/pray they're successful. Could this be a chance for God to respond to our environmental stewardship in a big way?
www.evaneco.com/assets_c/2009/06/bilde-550.php

A New Frontier of Mission Work

guardian.co.uk/ The Observer - June 7, 2009 - Xan Rice reports "While recovering from a brain hemorrhage, Craig Sorley had an epiphany – to spread the environmental word using the Bible. He took his green gospel to Kenya...."
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/07/eco-e...

Church-Planting (for Real)

Holly Lebowitz Rossi investigates vegetable gardens that are transforming churchyards into fertile ground.
www.purposedriven.com/article.do?method=articleP...

Creation Care Without the Baggage

Christianity Today's David Neff reports "Flourish conference teaches pastors to engage environmental needs without dividing their congregations."
blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2...

Tackling Global Issues

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - May 16, 2009 - Christopher Quinn reports on the Flourish Conference where one hundred and fifty evangelicals met this past week to discuss environmental issues.
www.ajc.com/metro/content/printedition/2009/05/1...

Enviro-gelicals

Pittsburgh City Paper, May 14, 2009 - Bill O'Driscoll reports: The President of the Christian Coalition addresses the National Wildlife Federation.
www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=...

Can We Separate Creation Care from Political Action?

Christianity Today 4/24/09 "Flourish Conference hopes to equip churches, not create "prophetic single-issue advocates."
blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2...

Environmentalism - The Great Unifier

Apparently people of faith are indeed being united by environmentalism. But as Meredith Turney reports, not in the way you'd first think.
townhall.com/columnists/MeredithTurney/2009/05/1...

Our Father's World Weekend Seminar For Churches

Here's a way to bring your church up to speed on the latest issues in the environmental crisis, as well as relevant biblical teaching on the subject and specific guidance in mobilizing your church to respond to the environmental crisis.
careofcreation.net/our-fathers-world