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...

The following is adapted from Green Like God: Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet .

The area surrounding Raleigh, North Carolina where I lived during seminary is one of the premier regions for factory farming in the United States. For two years, whenever I flew into Raleigh-Durham International Airport, I would peer out my oval window...

This three-part post was originally published in Preaching Magazine

D.A. Carson in his essay on "Challenges for the Twenty-First Century Pulpit" discusses what Paul meant when he says in Acts 20:27, that he did not shrink from preaching "the whole purpose of God" (NASB). Carson writes,

"[Paul] taught the burden of the whole of God's...

This three-part post was originally published in Preaching Magazine

I became an environmentalist at a Southern Baptist Seminary.

Several years ago, I was in a systematic theology class at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary when the discussion shifted to the revelation of God. My professor began sharing with us about the two ...

This three-part post was originally published in Preaching Magazine

In 1843, Ludwig Feuerbach proclaimed, "Nature, the world, has no value, no interest for Christians. The Christian thinks only of himself and the salvation of his soul." Feuerbach wasn't the only one to claim such a thing. In the 1967 issue of Science, Lynne White Jr. ...

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...

This week, my friends over at Renewal released their Green Awakenings Report, a run down of creation care initiatives at fifty Christian colleges. Some of the findings weren't expected. I assumed I'd find schools like Goshen College, Calvin College, Eastern Mennonite University doing good work. But I was shocked to find conservative Christian...

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...