A Question We Should All Be Asking

A Question We Should All Be Asking

When Earth Day was established 54 years ago, its focus was on preserving and protecting. In its early days, it addressed issues like air and water pollution, deforestation, nuclear testing and so forth. It was a “conservation” endeavor, not an “environmental” one....
Watering the Land

Watering the Land

While working in Minnesota and living a quarter of a mile from the riverfront of the mighty Mississippi, I have begun to think about water in new ways. Ownership of water has become an urgent concern as climate change requires better stewardship of existing resources....
Would Jesus Invest In Our Planet?

Would Jesus Invest In Our Planet?

The theme of Earth Day 2023 is using business language – “Invest In Our Planet” – to promote sustainable development and care for Earth. When I first found out about this theme, my mind immediately constructed different reasons why the business language here is not a...
We Cannot Live Without Earth’s Bounty

We Cannot Live Without Earth’s Bounty

I have resonated with the Earth and its creatures since long before the first Earth Day was celebrated 53 years ago. In fact, I was an “ecologist” before I knew the word. As a small boy, I wandered around the undeveloped fields bordering our subdivision in Louisville,...