I preached a lesson at Highland this morning on a Christian view of the environment. I was surprised at the many who said, “I’ve been attending church for X years and that’s the first sermon I’ve ever heard on the environment.” One person told me that her friend leaned over and whispered into her ear [...]
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A Poet’s Look at the Environment
My earliest memory of facing an environmental issue is from my 5th or 6th grade year. My mom had moved to Las Cruces, NM with my step-dad. Las Cruces was a thirty minute drive from El Paso, TX which sat across the Rio Grande from Juarez, Mexico. When I visited my mom (I was living [...]
Christians and Culture
My family and I loved watching the Summy Olympics this year (2008). The only thing we didn’t like is how sleep-deprived we get. The opening ceremony was especially powerful. Two things happened during the Opening Ceremony which caused controversy. First, we learned that some footage of the fireworks exploding across China’s capital was fake. What [...]
Taking Thinking Captive (2 Cor. 101-6)
Raise your hand if you watched the Summer Olympics. I and my family watched them. We love watching the Olympics. The only thing we don’t like is how sleep-deprived we get. What was your favorite Olympic moment? Raise your hand if your favorite Olympic moment had to do with swimming? With gymnastics? With track and [...]
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