Making Peace with the Land: God's Call to Reconcile with Creation
God is reconciling all things in heaven and on earth. We are alienated not only from one another, but also from the land that sustains us. Our ecosystems are increasingly damaged, and human bodies are likewise degraded. Most of us have little understanding of how our energy is derived or ...Read More
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Blessed Earth is an educational nonprofit that inspires and equips Christians to become better stewards of the earth. Through church, campus, and media outreach, we build bridges that promote measurable environmental change and meaningful spiritual growth.
A Faith of Our Own—Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars
Our friend, Jonathan Merritt just came out with a new book: A Faith of Our Own—Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars. Like Blessed Earth, Jonathan is committed to creation care. Like us, he gets his marching orders from scripture. And like us, he is a believer in bridge building. I was particularly struck by this story in Jonathan’s new book: “I became an environmentalist at a Southern Baptist Seminary. Few people on the planet can say that. I was sitting … Continue reading →
His Good Work is Everywhere!
“There came to St. Anthony in the desert one of the educated men of that time and he said, “Father, how can you endure to live here, deprived as you are of all consolation from books?” Anthony answered, “My book, philosopher, is the nature of created things, and whenever I wish, I can read in it the works of God.” It has been such a beautiful Spring! A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to photograph at one of … Continue reading →
Matthew 6.25-34: A Lesson from the Earth — part 2 of 7
Read part 1 of 7 (introduction) here. When it comes to discovering eco-theology in the person of Jesus, scholars tell us to be careful. It is easy to cast him in our own image; and he may have used agricultural and rural imagery in order to speak to an agricultural and rural age. If he lived in Manhattan, he may have talked about subways, stock markets and skyscrapers. Verses like these alone cannot prove Jesus’s view toward stewardship and the … Continue reading →
And What Does God Require?
And what does God require regarding the domestic animal? Once again, the law codes of ancient Israel are full of instruction. God says in Deuteronomy: But the seventh day is a sabbath belonging to Yahweh your God; you shall not do any work, not you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your domesticated beasts … And remember that you were a slave in … Continue reading →
Thank you & Earth Day video
Matthew and Nancy Sleeth, and the rest of the Blessed Earth team, want to thank you for your prayers and encouragement surrounding our huge weekend of events in the nation’s capital. It all went better than we could have imagined and we are excited for the next phase of work around the Seminary Stewardship Alliance and the Blessed Earth Year with the National Cathedral. In case you missed the events last weekend, here are the links to the video from the … Continue reading →
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