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,...
Jitsuo Morikawa: Father of Baptist Environmentalism

Jitsuo Morikawa: Father of Baptist Environmentalism

The stories of Asian Americans have, unfortunately, been neglected or outright ignored in Baptist histories. This is regrettable, especially so in the case of one extremely notable Asian American leader, Jitsuo Morikawa, once dubbed by Tony Campolo as “the most...
How Integration Unveils God’s Relational Character

How Integration Unveils God’s Relational Character

One of the key concepts of climate change mitigation is integration. Documents produced by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UNIPCC) consider integration as an assumption for ecological renewal. And rightly so. In these documents,...
Forest Fires and New Life

Forest Fires and New Life

Yellowstone National Park was ablaze in the summer of 1988. From June to November, numerous fires consumed over 1.2 million acres across the area, leaving residents and visitors with the horrifying illusion that the park had been destroyed. Scorched trunks from tall...