At last! The guide the church needs to make sense of America’s burgeoning suicide and overdose epidemic. Matthew Sleeth, M.D., one of the nation’s most trusted voices, invites you into his home to learn sound medicine, practical helps and biblical truths. Find out why committed Christians are four to six times less likely to die by… Continue reading Hope Always Video Series & Study Guide Now Available!
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Hope Always Toolkit PDF | Be a Force for Life
10 Ways the Church Can Better Prepare to Fight Today’s Suicide Epidemic
Pre-order Dr. Sleeth’s Groundbreaking New Book
Hope Always: How to be a Force for Life in a Culture of Suicide Book Release Date: May 4, 2021 Every single day, someone you know is thinking about committing suicide. It isn’t just one or two—ten million Americans will consider killing themselves in the upcoming year. Dr. Matthew Sleeth believes Christians—and our churches—should be the first… Continue reading Pre-order Dr. Sleeth’s Groundbreaking New Book
5 Myths About the Environmental Impacts of Plastic
From the University of Michigan and Shelie A. Miller: “Stand in the soda pop aisle at the supermarket, surrounded by rows of brightly colored plastic bottles and metal cans, and it’s easy to conclude that the main environmental problem here is an overabundance of single-use containers: If we simply recycled more of them, we’d go… Continue reading 5 Myths About the Environmental Impacts of Plastic
Tears in the Sleeth Family | August Newsletter 2020
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How Becoming a ‘Tree-Hugger’ Can Change Your Faith
Dr. Matthew Sleeth loves trees. Not just because they are beautiful, but because he believes they can teach us a lot about God’s nature. In his new book Reforesting Faith: What Trees Teach Us About the Nature of God and His Love for Us, he unpacks the significance of one of the Bible’s most prevalent… Continue reading How Becoming a ‘Tree-Hugger’ Can Change Your Faith
Reforesting Faith is out now! Order Today!
About Reforesting Faith Click this Link to Order The Bible talks about trees more than any living creation other than people. Perhaps you’ve missed the forest…and the trees. In this groundbreaking walk through Scripture, former physician and carpenter Dr. Matthew Sleeth makes the convincing case why trees are essential to every Christian’s understanding of God.… Continue reading Reforesting Faith is out now! Order Today!
God’s Love, Written on the Walls: Nancy and Matthew’s New Home
Dear Blessed Earth family and friends, Nancy and I are moving again. We’ve relocated over a dozen times during our marriage–for school, for new jobs, to be closer to our adult children. This time it’s only a short move: an apartment a few miles from our current townhouse. We’re not getting any younger, and it… Continue reading God’s Love, Written on the Walls: Nancy and Matthew’s New Home
Spirituality and Environmental Care
by Heather Bennett Our natural world is an expression of creative genius. We have a responsibility to take care of the creative expression around us. And, I think, in doing so we’ll learn quite a bit more about the creator and ourselves. When I was four years old, my mother’s car broke down about a… Continue reading Spirituality and Environmental Care
Do the headlines scare you? They shouldn’t, and here’s why.
by Matthew Sleeth We live in a culture of fear. In fact, fear is a hot commodity. It sells. The folks who have the most to gain from fear just happen to be the ones who market it. This may be individuals, but often it’s the media. Nancy and I don’t have television at home,… Continue reading Do the headlines scare you? They shouldn’t, and here’s why.
A Sabbath From the Headlines
On July 31, I made a decision: For the coming month, I would Sabbath from checking the news. About a year ago, when the elections were heating up, I fell into the habit of checking three news sources each morning. One of the sources was on the conservative end of the spectrum, one liberal, and… Continue reading A Sabbath From the Headlines
God ‘Making All Things New’ Doesn’t Mean Christians Can Ignore the Environment
It was a perfect Saturday afternoon: cloudless sky, 72 degrees, and a clean breeze blowing across the mountaintop where my husband Matthew and I sat on a bench, enjoying the view. A few yards away from us, a family was picnicking—three children with their parents. In between ripples of good-natured teasing and laughter, the… Continue reading God ‘Making All Things New’ Doesn’t Mean Christians Can Ignore the Environment
The Latest Interview with Dr. Sleeth
Recently, Off the Page interviewed Dr. Sleeth about his mission to serve God and save the planet. You can listen to or read the interview here.
The Blessing of Visiting College Campuses
If you have been watching too much news and are anxious about the future, I have a suggestion: visit some young Christians at college. Fall is when we here at Blessed Earth spend our time visiting colleges, schools, and seminaries. This past fall semester we spent time at Southeastern Baptist Seminary, Wheaton College, Indiana Wesleyan… Continue reading The Blessing of Visiting College Campuses
Goodbye to a Friend
This past Thursday, Dr. Ellsworth Kalas went to be with the Lord he loved and served for over ninety-two years. He was a faithful supporter of our ministry, and served on the Blessed Earth board for the past five years. Many people knew Ellsworth as a homiletics teacher and the President of Asbury Seminary.… Continue reading Goodbye to a Friend
Earn $1,000 for Doing the Right Thing!
When was the last time you got paid $1,000 for doing the right thing? This week, our son, Clark, and daughter-in-law, Valerie, learned that they will receive a $1,000 check from their local utility company. You heard me right: their electricity provider is paying them one grand for participating in an energy audit program and completing… Continue reading Earn $1,000 for Doing the Right Thing!