by Don Gordon | Apr 22, 2022 | Opinion
As we celebrate Earth Day 2022, I want to tell you about a beautiful part of God’s creation I recently experienced. Last week, I explored the beauty of God’s creation in Islamorada, a village of islands 18 miles long on the Florida Keys. Wanting to see the natural...
by Don Gordon | Nov 2, 2021 | Opinion
The United Kingdom is hosting the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). Initially scheduled for last year, it was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. Global leaders gathered on Oct. 31 in Glasgow, Scotland, and will be discussing the global...
by Don Gordon | Apr 19, 2021 | Opinion
My life changed forever on July 7, 1988, when I became a father to a baby girl. We named her Sarah, and I became acutely aware of my responsibility for another human being. This was, at times, exhausting, when you had to stay up all night with a colicky baby, and...
by Don Gordon | Jan 6, 2021 | Opinion
Sandra Richter has crafted a treasure for the church and anyone interested in the long-term welfare of the earth in her latest book, Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About The Environment And Why It Matters. Riveting from beginning to end, I could hardly put the...
by Don Gordon | Nov 28, 2017 | Opinion
I had a conversation recently with a mother in my congregation and her twin 6-year-old sons regarding the death of one of their classmates. A first-grade boy in a school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, died during his sleep in the night. He had gone to bed with...