In a culture that can’t think past the next 24-hour news cycle, religion still reads stories hundreds of centuries deep. The Abrahamic faiths worship a God who shows “steadfast love to the thousandth generation” (Exod 34:7). Genesis 12 begins the story of Abraham’s call by God. Every promise God gives Abraham has a long horizon, […]
My previous post discussed the biblical claim, derived from Genesis, Job, and Psalms, that God made the whole creation to flourish, and loves every being in it. In this post I’ll describe the deep relationship scriptural writers draw between violence against humans and violence against the earth. I used to have Hebrew students translate the […]
Last month I gave three lectures and two workshops at the biennial Presbyterians for Earth Care conference at Montreat, where 140 dedicated people gathered from all over the U.S. for worship, workshops, learning, and enjoyment of western North Carolina’s exquisite countryside. Since then I’ve spoken nine times in five different cities. The air everywhere is […]