Getting Your Planetary House in Order

My wife and I recently purchased a home in Henderson, Kentucky, and we are still very much in the process of getting the house in order. Lots of boxes wait to be unpacked. Each day, we struggle to remember where certain things are. We are constantly being reminded...

Why Climate Change Requires an Ethics of Urgency

Most of us seem to live somewhere between Chicken Little’s “The sky is falling!” and Rabbi Gamaliel’s counsel to “wait and see” (Acts 5:33-39) on the theological and spiritual validity of the emerging Christian movement. Some issues...

The Earth’s Your Home. Why Not Take Care Of It?

With every gift comes demand and with every blessing comes responsibility. These were truths that were repeatedly noted in a class I took under Baptist New Testament scholar Frank Stagg many years ago in seminary. His words have had a huge influence on my life. They...