This article originally appeared on Washington Post's "On Faith"

The most destructive oil leak in U.S. history has been devastating: 11 people are dead, approximately 20 million gallons of oil now drift along the western coast of Florida, destroying or threatening untold numbers of birds and marine wildlife, and wreaking unknown economic...

This article first appeared on Washington Post's "On Faith" Blog.

Everyone seems to be going green these days, even a growing number in the faith community. A recent Sierra Club survey reported that 67 percent of Americans said they care about the earth because it is "God's creation," a figure that has prompted many secular environmental...

This article was originally published on RelevantMagazine.com.

In 1969, a Democratic Senator from Wisconsin had a novel idea that would change the world. In response to the Santa Barbara oil spill, Gaylord Nelson proposed a holiday for the environment. Environmental concerns existed at the street level in that time, but they had never...

Matthew Sleeth is one of the kindest, gentlest, and most inspiring people I know. A former emergency room doctor, Matthew stepped away from the medical profession years ago to pursue a higher calling: caring for God's creation. Today, Matthew is one of the most sought after speakers addressing a Christian approach to environmentalism.

I first...

Anne Leonard is at it again. The girl who brought us "The Story of Stuff" has released a new video, "The Story of Bottled Water." The 8-minute video was released in honor of World Water Day tells of the bottled water industry's slick environmental-themed campaigns and the mountains of needless plastic waste they produce.

I'm a...

The other day I was talking to a pastor friend about where America is right now from the economy to political partisanship to the state of the Church. "I've never seen it this bad in my lifetime," my 57-year-old friend commented. "People are discouraged and hopeless. They need encouragement."

Can you think of a moment in your own life when...

Is green becoming a new "religion?" Stephen T. Asma of Columbia College Chicago thinks so. He writes to prove it in his article, "Green Guilt," which was published by the The...

The climate debate has been raging for some time, but recently it has reached fevor pitch. Normally, I don't post much on climate, but I felt this conversation needs to be explored in light of recent events. First, reports of hotter summers poured in. Then colder winters. There was the so-called "climategate" scandal. And now we're getting...

In a publishing first, Harper-Collins is set to release The Green Bible in only a few short days. The press release reads, "New bible shows how God was the original environmentalist--and how the world's most influential book urges us to sustain our planet." I received an advance copy for review in the mail today, and I must say that it is well...

Since its internet debut, over 3 million people have viewed "The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard," and I can now count myself among those who have not only seen it but have been changed by it. In fact, I am going to lay myself on the line and open myself up for criticism at the outset by saying that this video is perhaps the most succinct and...

This morning, the New York Times released an article entitled "Taking Their Faith, but Not Their Politics, to The People," which touches on something I have been speaking about on this forum for some time: the de-emphasis of partisan politics in the American evangelical community. The article makes some interesting and truthful points stating...

(Guest Writer – Rand Clark, CO) I begin with a confession… I am not a brilliant theologian, but I try my best to understand. I am not a scientist, nor to do I begin to suggest that I understand half of what they tell me. I am not a significant pastor and I really have no desire to be such, except maybe to those who God has allowed me to...

*Update: Apparently, I am not the only one at the AJC writing about my initiative. Check out the blog on Luke Boggs column, Baptist eco-activists are blowing hot air.*

**Interesting fact: Luke Boggs is the head of americansforwalmart.com**

In my most recent column in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Baptist plea churns up a tempest, I addressed some of the correspondence I have received.

What do you know about climate change? I mean, really. Other than "feeling" it is getting hotter or rejecting it outright because "liberals" promote it or running scared because "those pesky scientists" say it is occurring or giving it your sweeping approval because it makes you feel smart. Other than those reasons, what do you really know...