A letter to the New York Times today encapsulates what I have thought for some time about how Christians and people of faith in general should be responding to global warming. The following is by Ian Alterman, pastor of Spirit Fellowship Ministries (full published version here):
Evolution may be a controversial issue for many Christians, but [...]
Entries Tagged as 'global warming and climate change'
Pope And Ian Alterman Respond Faithfully To Climate Change
March 10th, 2010 · 5 Comments · global warming and climate change, spirituality & religion
Tags: Ian Alterman·Pope Benedict·Spirit Fellowship Ministries
Embracing Our Sphere Of Influence
January 7th, 2010 · 5 Comments · energy, entertainment, food & drink, global warming and climate change, health & well being, home & garden, nature, spirituality & religion, sustainability, transportation
Have you ever stared down a paralyzing fear – and gained mastery of it, to where you then walked into your power, your sphere of influence? This is my long-promised sequel to Alison Cassandra Barcelona, in which I’ll tell why I feel hope rather than despair about
Tags: 350.0rg·collapse·copenhagen talks·faith·nightmares·roommates·sphere of influence
Born For This
December 25th, 2009 · No Comments · global warming and climate change, spirituality & religion
Approaching midnight at my church’s candlelight Christmas Eve service last night, after we had worked our way through the birth-of-Christ story with scripture readings and a goodly assortment of carols, we sang a final song that contained this lyric: Now ye hear of endless bliss / Jesus Christ was born for this!
Those words thrummed that [...]
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Alison Cassandra Barcelona
December 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · energy, global warming and climate change
My blogging pal Lou Grinzo from The Cost Of Energy emailed me as he was leaving for his family’s Christmas gathering. He wished me happy holidays and voiced some really nice appreciation for Diamond-Cut Life’s “conspicuously human take” on climate change issues. Lou’s phrase that particularly leapt out at me, though, was in reference to [...]
Tags: Cassandra·coal·collapse·economy·Jared Diamond·Lou Grinzo·mythology·oil·sacrifice
Clashes In Copenhagen Make Sense
December 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · global warming and climate change
I’m penning just a short post today before I take the bus into downtown Portland for meetings on transportation options. (Happily, it appears that the statewide/interstate rideshare project we’ve been working on for a long time will officially be granted its funding today.)
As the world’s climate talks in Copenhagen approach their conclusion on Friday, police [...]
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