environment

  • Rogationtide

    Rogationtide

    Earth Day last month made me wonder why we don’t have a similar day within the church. We wouldn’t have to call it “Earth Sunday”…

  • St. Basil the Tree Hugger?

    St. Basil the Tree Hugger?

    Why do non-Christian naturalists and scientists from Rachel Carson to E. O.

  • Earth Day—40 Years

    Earth Day—40 Years

    I was finishing eighth grade and getting ready for confirmation when the first earth day was celebrated in 1970. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin helped…

  • Earth Day: together with all creatures

    Earth Day: together with all creatures

    I blog elsewhere about the adventures (and misadventures) of trying my hand with a small hobby farm. Most of the time, the joys and struggles of…

  • A Groaning Creation…

    A Groaning Creation…

    On Easter, we Christians celebrated the bursting forth of the new creation in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The restoration of creation has begun with…

  • World Water Day

    World Water Day

    March 22 provides an opportunity consider one of the most basic needs of life that we can easily take for granted. Water is one of…

  • Welcomed Guests

    Welcomed Guests

    Quite a few visitors stopped by to dine in our yard this winter. Most came after a fresh blanket of snow had fallen or when…

  • Lutherans and Earth Day

    Lutherans and Earth Day

    Last year in a little article, “Can Lutherans Observe Earth Day?” I asked if being theologically conservative required us to be politically conservative on social…