Waste Away: Food in the Garbage

There’s miching mallecho afoot in how the world sees and uses food. Some people will be surprised to learn that the world actually does produce enough food to go around – the food crisis is a crisis of distribution, not production. So what’s happening to all that extra food? It’s being thrown out. America throws [...]

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Children and the Benefits of the Outdoors

I wanted to bring people’s attention to an organization I recently have heard about, Children and Nature Network (C&NN).  I got a chance to hear and speak to one of its founders and most public faces, author Richard Louv, at an event promoting his newest book, which was sponsored by Michael Smerconish of CBS radio, [...]

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The Devil and The Truth, Matthew 4:1-11

When the devil tempted Jesus in the desert, he used nuggets of Scripturally-based truth to conceal greater lies. First, the devil plays on Jesus’ hunger and thirst from being in the desert and says, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” (v.3) This echoes Moses in the desert, who [...]

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Isaiah 22 and Environmental Ethics

In Isaiah 22, Isaiah prophesies about Jerusalem.  Verses 9-11 have particular pertinence to civilizations today. “you saw that the City of David had many breaches in its defenses; you stored up water in the Lower Pool. You counted the buildings in Jerusalem and tore down houses to strengthen the wall. You built a reservoir between [...]

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