Sep
29
2010
This is a continuation of a series of articles leading up to the third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization that begins in Cape Town South Africa on October 15. Today’s post is a continuation of the last as we move from the Fall to Redemption. Find the whole series to date here.
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I live in a college town in the US – Madison, WI. Our university is known for “partying”, and one of the annual events loved by students and despised by residents is known as the Mifflin Street Block Party, with a history that goes back to the days of Viet Nam war protests. The party is normally leaves behind an incredible mess that the city has to clean up, at considerable expense. Read more »
Sep
25
2010
October 16 – three weeks from this weekend – 4,000 delegates will gather in Cape Town South Africa from 200 countries around the world. They will be convening the third Lausanne Consultation on World Evangelization. These meetings happen approximately every 15 years, with the first being called by two of the great evangelical statesmen of our time, Billy Graham and John Stott, in Lausanne Switzerland (hence the name) in 1974. I am honored – and a bit surprised – to be attending this conference both as a delegate and as a presenter. I’ll be doing a seminar on (naturally!), ‘Mobilizing Your Church to Care for Creation’. Read more »
May
17
2010
I am having a hard time believing that we have been watching the tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico for four full weeks, and only this morning did we have the first bit of partially good news – an attempt to siphon some of the oil into a tanker is starting to work. No one dares to say this is even the start of a solution – it has just made the current situation a little less bad. Meanwhile, reports over the weekend suggested that one of the reasons not as much oil has reached land as originally anticipated is because the stuff is lurking underwater, in enormous “plumes” – one of which might be as large as 10 miles by 3 miles. Read more »
May
10
2010
“Old Literature” is an occasional series pointing to works of the past, sometimes well known, sometimes not, that have embedded in them a clear creation care message. [Check out previous posts in the series here.] C.S. Lewis’ Narnia books are perfect subjects for this series, and have long been on my mental list. Before I got to him, though, Dean Ohlman at Wonder of Creation blog did the job for me, with a little Isaac Watts and John Newton thrown in for good measure. Here is his meditation on Narnia – reposted by permission:
[Peter said,] “Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Christ would suffer. Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you—even Jesus. He must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets (Acts 3:18-21)
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May
07
2010
No one knows.
The “official” estimate is 210,000 gallons per day (5,000 barrels). This is almost certainly way too low. Some outside experts (non-government and non-oil industry) put the rate at more like 1,050,000 gallons (25,000 barrels). BP itself has admitted that in a worst-case scenario the rate could be more than double that pessimistic amount, or 2,520,000 gallons (60,000 barrels).
Whatever the amount, it adds up fast. NPR has designed a Widget that I have installed to the right ———>>>
You can use the slider to adjust the rate and see what the current total would be if it were leaking at that rate.
Again, no one knows. But what we do know is it isn’t going away.
Lord, forgive us.
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May
05
2010
Situations like the oil spill in the gulf tend to leave us deflated and discouraged. It’s good, therefore, to be reminded that amid the rubble that we have created in God’s world, he occasionally shows us that there is (still) beauty and wonder when we can shout “Stop!” and look. This post from our friend Donn Ring is a perfect counterpoint to the last one on praying over the oil spill. Enjoy, and spend some time pondering his fantastic photography. Then get yourself *outside* today and look for some wonders yourself!
A few weeks ago we heard rumors of wild flowers in bloom on the south side of the Superstition Mountains east-northeast of Phoenix. We hopped in Dennis’ Honda Element “Pudge” and charged up the road from Arizona City. Once spring temperatures heat up, desert flower displays can be very short lived. We must move!
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