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An Old Testament Professor and Creation Care
My name is Sandy Richter and I teach Old Testament. More specifically, I train seminarians. I myself am a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Harvard University’s Department of Near...
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Closed Doors
My son is at the age making sure that every cabinet gets open no less than four times a minute while making sure the drawers next to the cabinet are opened no less than four times that same minute. He...
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Connectivity: Poverty and Deforestation
Dr. Matthew Sleeth can describe in detailed anatomical terms the truth behind the silly children’s song, “the foot bone is connected to the leg bone, and the leg bone is connected to the hip bone.”...
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A Sense of Place
Nancy and I are in a new home. I lived for eighteen years in one place and have moved eighteen times since then, the last move occurring just three weeks ago. Once our community was defined by the...
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A Call to Simplicity
[reposted with permission from Seeing Creation, a blog by Chuck Summers and Rob Sheppard.] One of my best friends called me a few minutes ago to seek advice on eliminating some clutter in his life....
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Technology, Social Networking, and Babel Tower
[reposted with permission from the blog Alien Nation by Reverend Darin Collins] “We have forgotten that we have far more in common with the honeybee than we do with our SUV of DVD…Do you know in which...
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Back to the Beginning
Painting: “The Garden of Eden” by Thomas Cole, 1828 (public domain) Often to truly understand an issue, we need to look backward before we can look forward. That is always the case with biblical...
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White House, TN Schedule: 10:00 – Opening and welcome 10:20 – Testimony by Rev Ryan Bennett 10:35 – Serve God, Save the Planet (Matthew Sleeth) – lecture followed by Q&A 11:50 – Lunch 12:40 – Hope...
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The Question That Haunts Me
[reposted with permission from the blog Alien Nation by Reverend Darin Collins] “When asked by pollsters, 90 percent of Americans identify themselves as ‘kinder than average.’ If we say we care about...
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March 27 – National Cathedral
Washington DC Dr. Matthew Sleeth will preach live from the National Cathedral and will also participate in a discussion forum prior to the service. The forum will begin at 10:10 a.m. and the service at...
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All Creation Worships the Creator
In February of 2004 I spent a month backpacking and canoeing in and around Big Bend National Park as part of an 8-month graduate program in wilderness leadership through Wheaton College. This...
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Make Earth Day a Church Day
Last year Blessed Earth celebrated the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by hosting a simulcast event at Pastor Joel Hunter’s modern mega church in Orlando, Florida. More than 2,200 groups from every...
View ArticleMarch 1 – Gleaning, Air Filters & Mountaintop Removal
In this episode… The Biblical concept of “gleaning” and possible applications to our lives today Dr. Sleeth’s very romantic Valentine’s Day gift to Nancy of a reusable air filter for the family furnace...
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An Earth Day Connection
I’m not a big Facebooker, but I think I understand the psychology of why 500 million people have a Facebook account. It comes down to one word: Connection. Even if a Facebook friend isn’t necessarily...
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Carpool Prayers
Recently I organized a United Methodist Women’s Retreat on the theme of creation care. Nancy Sleeth was our retreat leader, and through discussion of the Blessed Earth Hope for Creation film series,...
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Irresistible “Healthy” Cinnamon Rolls
My friend, Bethany, makes Sunday cinnamon roll a special treat. She bakes and slices it the night before, then leaves it out for breakfast so she and her husband can stay in bed an extra hour on...
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