Environment and Creation
The Gift and the Warning
Tue 24 Nov 2009 by Al Sikes
Lessons from the Bees
Trinity Forum Chairman Al Sikes reflects on his role as a beekeeper. True gratitude for God’s gift of nature includes learning to respect nature’s lessons.
Dear Kid: Die Now. Thanks, The Planet
Thu 19 Jun 2008 • Responses: 1 • by Mark Meador
Over at On the Square, the blog from First Things, they have shared a post by Wesley J. Smith on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s “Planet Slayer” section of their website. The site, aimed at children with its cartoon characters and simple language, purports to “educate” them about greenhouse gases and our effect on the environment through the way we live.
But as Smith points out, their real intent becomes disturbingly clear when you click on “Professor Schpinkee’s Greenhouse Calculator.” This fun little application for kids asks you questions about your lifestyle and spending habits, does some calculation in the background, and then tells you when you should die. The idea is that you have used up your allotted tons of CO2 and should die now to save the planet.
Driving in the Fog
Tue 03 Jun 2008 • Responses: 1 • by Nathan A. Baxter
A paradox of revelation
Sometimes the air we look through becomes part of what we see. Nathan Baxter reflects on the paradox of fog and the ways, by forcing us to slow down, it both hides and reveals.
Intimations of Spirit
Mon 29 Oct 2007 • Responses: 2 • by T. M. Moore
Reflections on Spiritual Realities in the Art of Andrew Wyeth
T. M. Moore looks at the spiritual themes in the paintings of Andrew Wyeth and the different ways they challenge different audiences.
Redeeming the City
Fri 10 Aug 2007 • Responses: 1 • by Dan Russ
In the city, then, the human tendency is to use technologies to create a way of life that ignores the existence or need of either Creator or of creation.
In the biblical tradition, man as maker and as city builder is seen as both the only creature that bears the image of the Creator and the only creature that dares to usurp the Creator and devour the creation. Humanity, therefore, either blesses or curses the creation. In the context of Genesis, the great book of origins, God created all things, including that strangest of all things, humankind in his image, and pronounced them good.
The Glory of Kings
Wed 25 Jul 2007 by T. M. Moore
Searching Out the Glory of God in Creation
T. M. Moore discusses the way God reveals himself in creation, drawing on the practices of the medieval Celtic saints to demonstrate practical ways you can profit by reading “the book of nature,” looking carefully at creation to deepen your spiritual life.
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