The Gardener and the Garden

The Gardener and the Garden

It seems poetic that Earth Day arrived one day behind Easter Sunday. After a week when Jesus talked about stones crying out, forthcoming earthquakes, experiencing the darkness of Good Friday, and the earth shaking that split the curtain in the Holy of Holies, Easter...
Your Responsibility to Love the Earth as Your Neighbor

Your Responsibility to Love the Earth as Your Neighbor

We hear from the Creator in Genesis 1 as the act of creation is unfolding. God repeats over and over what creation is, saying it is good seven times with the last time saying that it is all very good. Creation is good. The Earth is good, and God is pleased with the...
The Only Hope Left to Thwart Climate-Change Disaster

The Only Hope Left to Thwart Climate-Change Disaster

The world’s leading climate scientists announced, last October, that humanity has only 12 years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). They warned that temperature gains beyond this threshold will move the world...