“Fake” List of Global Warming Skeptic Scientists

yikes…
Curious about the Heartland Institute’s list of “500 Prominent Scientists” who deny global warming, Kevin decided to contact some of the folks on the list. He put together a list of 150 email addresses…simply the addresses he found it most easy to acquire. After only 24 hours, he’d received 45 emails from angry scientists saying [...]

“May God bless us with discomfort…”

A Franciscan Benediction
May God bless us with discomfort
At easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships
So that we may live from deep within our hearts.
May God bless us with anger
At injustice, oppression, and exploitation of God’s creations
So that we may work for justice, freedom, and peace.
May God bless us with tears
To shed for those who suffer pain, [...]

On the topic of Global Warming/Climate Change…

I’m having a pretty heated discussion over at the Catalyst Blog concerning Global Warming/Climate Change. I wanted to carry on that discussion over here as well, and see if there is anyone on here that wanted to chime in.
In my understanding of the Bible, God has appointed humans as the caretakers of His “garden”, [...]

Scot McKnight: The 8 Marks of a Robust Gospel

This one’s just a quick head’s up about a great article from Scot McKnight:
The 8 Marks of a Robust Gospel
Our problems are not small. The most cursory glance at the newspaper will remind us of global crises like AIDS, local catastrophes of senseless violence, family failures, ecological threats, and church skirmishes. These problems resist easy [...]

Interview with Brian McLaren

Here’s a pretty good read if you’ve got the time; especially if you’re still not sure what you think about this Brian McLaren guy… it’s a pretty indepth snapshot of a lot of his thoughts/positions on things.  Very worth the read, in my opinion, so I thought I’d share it for those of you who [...]

Frank Schaeffer: Why I’m Pro-Life AND Pro-Obama

I’m not making any political statements here, it’s just that I came across an article that I thought made some interesting points, and I wanted to share them here in case people were interested. The article is called:
Why I’m Pro-Life AND Pro-Obama
Here’s a couple interesting quotes:
“The so-called evangelical leadership — Dobson, Robertson et al. [...]

21st Century meets the Flinstones

“…we didn’t think that there was really a problem with pedaling a car. It’s kind of like a bicycle in a way…”

(HT: EcoGeek.org)

Plastic and its toll on the environment

Not much that I can say about this article except “wow” and “God save us”…
Plastic Ocean: Our oceans are turning into plastic…are we?
NOTE: This is a pretty long one, but I thought it was well worth the read if you’ve got some time. Here are a few choice quotes to whet your appetite.
Thanks to [...]

Ten Ways to be the People of God in Suburbia

Some excellent thoughts here, on what living for God’s Kingdom rather than the Suburban American kingdom could look like. Here’s a link to the original post this came from, but I’ve pasted it all here because it’s just SO good. Check out the original post for the comments and conversation in response to [...]

The Big Story

“Here’s an attempt to explain the Christian faith… in three minutes.”

This short video is based on some themes from a new book coming out called “True Story: A Christianity Worth Believing In“. Here’s a short blurb from the book’s site:
In this engaging narrative, James Choung weaves a tale of [...]