Climate Change: Protecting the Earth and the Poor

by | Sep 14, 2016 | Opinion

What is happening to our weather? This question is echoing around the world, as it’s been the hottest, driest, wettest, windiest with the worst cyclone, hurricane, tornado season since records began. In 2015, the average surface temperature reached 1.010 degrees...

Maintaining the Flow of Justice

by | Sep 8, 2016 | Opinion

Seasonal waterfalls in Hoosier National Forest in southern Indiana remind me about the importance of maintaining the flow of justice. A friend and I drove over to the forest recently to photograph the waterfalls at Hemlock Cliffs National Scenic Trail. Our area had...

Access to Clean Drinking Water is Justice Issue

by | Jun 22, 2016 | Opinion

Finland, “the land of a thousand lakes,” welcomed the delegates of the 11th assembly of the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN) who gathered in the Sofia Cultural Centre in Helsinki from June 11-15. The ECEN assembly meets every second year,...

Let’s Take Care of the Home We All Share

by | Jun 17, 2016 | Opinion

It seems like Christians, who have been explicitly called to love one another and to work together for the Kingdom of God, spend an inordinate amount of time fussing and fighting. This happens in both individual churches and also denominations. Sometimes the things...