Category: Individual

The book, Serve God Save the Planet, has helped teach me some things. I read the first chapter and set the book aside for over a month. I wasn’t ready to change and I didn’t want to be convicted about my lifestyle. I thought I was living a life with a relatively low carbon footprint.… Continue reading Learning and practicing respect for the earth

[reposted with permission from Seeing Creation, a blog by Chuck Summers and Rob Sheppard.] One of my best friends called me a few minutes ago to seek advice on eliminating some clutter in his life. With his wife’s help he had come to the conclusion that he had accumulated too much stuff and needed to… Continue reading A Call to Simplicity

Dr. Matthew Sleeth can describe in detailed anatomical terms the truth behind the silly children’s song, “the foot bone is connected to the leg bone, and the leg bone is connected to the hip bone.” Through this song, we learned that there is connectivity at work within us, and when one bone is out of… Continue reading Connectivity: Poverty and Deforestation

Blessed Earth first came across Lauren Merritt’s radar as she was searching the Internet for like-minded Christians, and quickly recognized Matthew and Nancy Sleeth as kindred souls in the work of glorifying God through preserving his creation. Two years ago she began a blog titled “The Christian and Creation,” which came as a result of… Continue reading Why Should Christians Care?

People assume that one person can’t make a difference. I strongly disagree. After reading Serve God, Save the Planet–the last in a series of inspirations–there was no feasible way to deny my calling any longer. In accepting God’s call for my energy and time, I had no idea what lay ahead. Blind faith led me… Continue reading One Person Can Make a Big Difference

Can you remember the last time you were truly thirsty? For me it was this morning about halfway through my run. The African sun was beating down on me as sweat poured from my forehead. Lucky for me, I knew that if I pressed on just a little further I would soon reach my house,… Continue reading Thirsting for Life in Africa

Making the Connection Between the Poor and the Earth Choosing between caring for the poor and healing the environment do not have to be separate efforts – they go hand in hand. By Scott C. Sabin, Executive Director of Plant With Purpose I frequently get asked how we, as Christians, choose between caring for the… Continue reading The Connection Between the Poor and the Earth

We Have More Than Enough Because God’s Creations Do Not Enough. God blessed me with a wildlife career including living and working in Africa for many years. Amidst limited material resources there was abundant faith and gratitude for God’s creations. Moving back to America has challenged my husband and I to retain what we learned… Continue reading More Than Enough

Photo by Jeff Rogers I have always loved the forest. Ever since I was a child, I have loved walking through the woods, simply exploring. This fascination eventually led me to more serious hiking and backpacking, especially in my native Alabama, where oak, hickory, sweet gum, tulip tree, and white pine are abundant and accessible.… Continue reading Loving the Forest

Several years ago I had the opportunity to work in Glacier National Park. I arrived before my coworkers and was instantly able to connect with the secrets of the land. By late May, the sun gets hot enough to melt the high snows, and the mountain faces weep with untamed streams and waterfalls on their… Continue reading Cheering Trees

Inspired by Blessed Earth’s October 2010 newsletter focus on the Sabbath, Stasia Fine wrote to Nancy and shared her own Sabbath story: When I was in high school, my crush’s mother challenged me to practice the Sabbath for the rest of the school year.  I am so glad she did:  the school year passed and… Continue reading Keeping the Sabbath a Priority

Life post-college was really difficult for me. I was jobless. I was single. I had no idea what I wanted to do. I felt like there was a bar set for life – and somehow, I was falling short. So I set out, determined to meet all the expectations set by the world. I was… Continue reading The Power of a Nap

I’ve been hoping for something new and exciting to happen in my life. I’ve come to the conclusion that interesting things need to be sought, because if you wait around, they generally don’t happen on their own. I found that my community (I live in a house of two couples and a single adult) did… Continue reading Excitement of Silence

Last May, Dr. Sleeth and his daughter Emma gave two chapel talks at Biola College, just outside of Los Angeles. Here’s a letter we just received from one of the students. Glad to know that our words, given by the Holy Spirit, affect young people’s lives, with such beautiful results: Hi Dr. Sleeth, I am… Continue reading Action through Art

I am currently reading Matthew Sleeth’s newest book, The Gospel According to the Earth: Why the Good Book is a Green Book. Overall, it seems to do a good job of showing the biblical basis for Creation Care. For that reason I commend it to you. In a chapter called “God the Creator” Sleeth says… Continue reading Why Be a Nature Lover?

Our family participated in Blessed Earth’s Hope for Creation simulcast in April. We were thrilled to have access to such an exciting opportunity — all the way in Central America. And who would have thought that Blessed Earth could place a “dot” on the map for Costa Rica!? We enjoyed the worship music with Northland… Continue reading Your Story: Reflection on ‘Hope for Creation’

In January 2008, I retired for the second time from Dow Corning Corporation. Two passions stirred in me: 1) The Hydrogen Economy and 2) The power of small group ministry to transform a church. Since 2000, I had been exploring many different avenues to promote small group ministry. God brought these two passions together. I… Continue reading Creation Care Brings New Life

After hearing Matthew speak about creation care and how much God was embodied in nature, we (my wife along with the other couple we live with in our communal house) decided to implement some sustainable changes so we would live more simply.  We began several experiments, including learning how to compost, make cheese, collect rainwater,… Continue reading A Call to Care

When I first heard Matthew Sleeth speak in 2005, I had no idea that I would someday write a book on creation care.  If you had told me that I would be writing at all, I think I would have been shocked.  A native of Dallas, a town made famous for displays of conspicuous consumption,… Continue reading My Journey into Creation Care