Dr. Matthew Sleeth is the author of Serve God Save the Planet, The Gospel According to the Earth, and 24/6 about sabbath. He is also the executive director of Blessed Earth and the newly formed Seminary Stewardship Alliance. George Fox Seminary is our sponsor this month and they are in the … Read more about Matthew Sleeth is HomeGrown episode 2
Leah Kostamo on being Planted: HomeGrown Christianity pt. 1
Leah Kostamo is the author of 'Planted: A Story of Creation, Calling, and Community'. She is the co-founded A Rocha in Canada -- a Christian conservation organization that endeavors to show God's love for all creation. A Rocha's environmental centers have helped thousands of visitors and … Read more about Leah Kostamo on being Planted: HomeGrown Christianity pt. 1
HomeGrown Christianity Begins Today
As promised, 2014 has brought a new Eco-Theology series called "HomeBrewed Grown Christianity" all about-earth care and lovin' God. It has grown into an 8 part series including a TNT follow-up to the initial run of interviews that begin today. Episode 1: Leah Kostamo Planted: A Story of Creation, … Read more about HomeGrown Christianity Begins Today
TNT: Bible Bash with Brueggemann and Fretheim
Bo and Tripp riff off of Terence Fretheim and Walter Brueggemann answering the same set of questions. These two legends of Biblical Theology give us their best take on passages to preach when controversial subjects come up. Topics include: Economy Ecology Homosexuality Immigration Other … Read more about TNT: Bible Bash with Brueggemann and Fretheim
Maybe the Mayans Weren’t Wrong
In all of the hub-bub surrounding the Mayan apocalypse that came and went without incident, it was tough to resist the funny one-liner on Facebook and Twitter. We have become so calloused against the doomsday predictions that have fueled the religious airwaves, TV broadcasts and book sales of the … Read more about Maybe the Mayans Weren’t Wrong
Defending Diana Butler Bass and those non-human animals
Two weeks ago I got to sit down with Diana Butler Bass and ask her about everything from her new book’s title Christianity After Religion to the Methodist tradition and why Evangelical young people are 30 years behind. It was a blast! [you can hear the audio here] At the end of the hour, the … Read more about Defending Diana Butler Bass and those non-human animals
Killer Apes Won’t Save the Planet
The Summer philosophy group that I am a part of is reading The Faith of the Faithless by Simon Critchley. It is an wild, tour-de-force type of work that spans genres and categories. This past week it broached something that touched a nerve for me. The most extreme expression of human arrogance... … Read more about Killer Apes Won’t Save the Planet
The Death of the Liberals is killing us
In chapter 1 of his book Death of Liberal Class, Chris Hedges sketches both the height of the Liberal era in the 19th century and its cataclysmic implosion with the arrival of World War in the 20th. The disillusionment of human evil, aggression, and suffering deflated the optimism of innate human … Read more about The Death of the Liberals is killing us
Jigsaw Puzzle or House of Cards?
Here is a sweet metaphor from The Economist article 'The clouds of unknowing' last month: Whether your impression is dominated by the whole or the holes will depend on your attitude to the project at hand. You might say that some see a jigsaw where others see a house of cards. Jigsaw types have in … Read more about Jigsaw Puzzle or House of Cards?
Green Revolutionary Ben Lowe: Homebrewed Christianity 57
Ben Lowe is co-coordinator of Renewal, a grassroots student movement answering God's call to renew creation through prayer, service, and advocacy. There are lots of books coming out about 'creation care', but this one, Green Revolution: Coming Together to Care for Creation, gets the official … Read more about Green Revolutionary Ben Lowe: Homebrewed Christianity 57