What a very full month September was for creation care in the North Carolina Conference. We have journeyed together, these last few weeks, in the Season of Creation, and have hopefully grown closer to ... Continue Reading→
Life and Land
Twice in Genesis 1, God looks at what has just been created and gives the commandment, “Be fruitful and multiply.” It has always been God’s intention for this earth to be the home of abundant life. ... Continue Reading→
Healing the Land and Soul
As I sit here at my kitchen table typing, the sky outside my window is preparing to rain. Leaves on the oaks and maples in my yard are beginning their brilliantly colored transition. Every so often, I ... Continue Reading→
Joy, Healing and Mission in Creation
“Did you hear that bob white quail?” he asked me. “I haven’t heard one of those in years. Man, that was great.” We had just finished an outdoor worship service, a new ministry started out of ... Continue Reading→
Creation Care: A Lived Out Theology
Many Christians struggle to connect what they hear in church on Sunday morning to what they do during the week. Some of the lessons taught about God and Jesus seem so high minded as to be inapplicable ... Continue Reading→
Degradation, Trauma, and Healing In Creation
As I write this, images are starting to come in of the damage along the Gulf Coast. This past Sunday, on the sixteenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating landfall, Hurricane Ida came ... Continue Reading→
Announcing Season of Creation, 2021
September is fast approaching, and we couldn’t be more excited! Why? Because September is the Season of Creation. Each year, the NC Conference spends the month of September focusing on God’s ... Continue Reading→
Redeeming Creation and Zoom Fatigue
The first ever Redeeming Creation Conference is just a few weeks away, and I hope you’re as excited about it as I am. But, truth be told, it seems like a lot of hours to sit in front of your computer ... Continue Reading→
Contact Training Hours Now Available
Good news for pastors trying to get continuing education and training hours in the midst of a pandemic: the Redeeming Creation Conference can now offer you Contact Training Hours! Redeeming ... Continue Reading→