The Gift of Trees

Thousands of rural churches have celebrated Soil and Water Stewardship Sunday annually since 1955, when the National Association of Conservation Districts first published resources to support this observance. Thousands of rural churches have celebrated Soil and Water...

“Tribal Generation”

“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile,” said Billy Sunday, the famous baseball-player-turned-evangelist. His words resonate with Tribal Generation, a network of Christians in the United...

When Seeing a Need is Hearing a Call

Chautauqua Lake shares her famous name with the institution nestled along her southern shore deep into southwest New York. It is a Victorian-style village that for more than a century has been the epitome of inspiration, education and relaxation for summer visitors....

Marijuana Production: Grass Is Getting Greener

On the street it’s called pot, grass, weed, mary jane or reefer. It comes in cigarette and cigar-sized packages called joints and blunts. The active ingredient is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. Call it what you will, but those who produce marijuana call...

Selling an Offensive Gospel

No one wants to be offensive. Least of all Christians, whom one might think would be the least displeasing people of all. Christians try to love their neighbors. What’s not to like? Nothing, if that were all there is to Christianity. But there’s also the...