Listen in this week as Alexei talks with Dr. Matthew Sleeth of Blessed Earth about his new book 24/6: A Prescription for a Healthier, Happier Life. They talk about the benefits of simpler living, the origin of the Sabbath, and how resting can be a key tool in reducing patterns of consumption and even pollution. Be sure to listen in!

Listen in as Alexei talks with Margaret Feinberg about her latest book Wonderstruck: Awaken to the Nearness of God. They talk about creation care, forgiveness, and living a life of wonder. Margaret is a popular Bible teacher and speaker at churches and leading conferences such as Catalyst, Thrive and Extraordinary Women. She was recently named one of 50 women most shaping culture and the church today by Christianity Today, one of the 30 Voices who will help lead the church in the next decade by Charisma magazine and one of the '40 Under 40' who will shape Christian publishing by Christian Retailing magazine. Margaret currently lives in Morrison, Colorado, with her husband, Leif and their superpup, Hershey. Be sure to listen in.

Listen in as Alexei Laushkin talks to Dr. Seth Bible the Director of Student Life at Southeastern Theological Seminary. Dr. Bible is the co-author along with Dr. Mark Liederbach of True North: Christ, the Gospel, and Creation Care. They talk about how Jesus gives us the clearest guidance when it comes to our care of God's Creation. Be sure to listen in!

Listen in as Alexei talks with Dr. Daniel M. Bell a professor of theological ethics at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina about his recent book The Economy of Desire Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World. They talk about the divine economy, Christian charity, the role of work in the life of the Christian, and much more.

Listen in as Alexei talks with Dr. Katharine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University to talk about the science related to climate change and hurricanes and in particular the science around major weather events like Hurricane Sandy. They also talk about some of latest science around climate change. Katharine who along with her husband pastor Andrew Farley, is the author of A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith Based Decisions.

Katharine is a preeminent climate scientist who teaches at Texas Tech University. She publishes regularly and talks and consults with a wide range of groups on the implications of climate change for the world today.

Be sure to listen in!

Listen in as I talk with Timothy Dalrymple of Patheos.com. We chat about the Evangelical Channel for Patheos.com, evangelicals & politics, and much more. You can read more of Tim's writing at Philosophical Fragments.

Listen in as we talk with Dr. Susan Emmerich Director of the Creation Care Program for the Center for Law and Culture at Olivet Nazarene University. We'll be talkibg about her seminal work on Tangier Island and the teaching seminars she now offers based on that work. The work was made into a full documentary When Heaven Meets Earth.

• If you are in the San Diego area be sure not to miss her upcoming seminar at Point Loma Nazarene University Saturday, September 29, 2012. The one-day practicum will explore biblical principles of stewardship and conflict management based on Susan Emmerich's faith-based stewardship work on Tangier Island shown in her film When Heaven Meets Earth: Faith, Environment and the Chesapeake. Participants will gain the knowledge and tools necessary to apply these methods and principles at the community level.You can be in touch with Susan directly via the Center at
• 815-928-5552 or via e-mail at susan.emmerich@gmail.com.
• View an article explaining her work
• View the website to see the movie trailer and accompanying study guides and many of the companion documents to Susan's work.

Listen in as Alexei talks with Ed Brown Executive Director of Care of Creation Inc. on his recent appointment as Lausanne's Senior Associate for Creation Care.

Creation Care Inc. is an environmental organization formed in 2005 to bring together twoimportant themes: Love for God's People, and love for God's world.

Care of Creation Inc. is also a missions organization. Simply stated, they believe that missions and care for God's creation belong together.

Learn about Lausanne's Advisors by clicking here.

Learn about This is Our Father's World by clicking here.

Learn how to stay in touch with Creation Care Inc. by clicking here.

Pollution and climate change have repercussions for many of today's pressing issues from the health of our children, to global and domestic poverty, to jobs and economic growth. This makes how we care for God's creation one of the greatest moral challenges of our time. And as Christians, we also know it is a challenge that cuts to the heart of how we promote and cherish life.

The reality of climate change is already being felt here in the U.S. and around the world in the form of extreme weather and health impacts, which most affect the unborn, poor, and powerless. It is time for America to tackle this great moral challenge. Doing so protects life and abides by Christ's teaching to love one another and care for the least of these, who will be hit hardest by climate change.

Unfortunately, our country's leaders are not stepping up to this great challenge.

But our young people are!

I want to introduce you to a living embodiment of hope in our fight to overcome climate change. It's a just-launched effort called Young Evangelicals for Climate Action (Y.E.C.A.). EEN's own Ben Lowe serves as National Organizer and Spokesperson for Y.E.C.A., while EEN's Jim Ball serves as Senior Advisor. Y.E.C.A.'s Steering Committee, the decision-making body for Y.E.C.A., is made up of young evangelical leaders from across the country.

The Y.E.C.A.'s Call to Action will give you a good sense of what they're about. Here's a quote:

We believe that God is calling us to take action towards overcoming the climate crisis. For us, this means living as good stewards of God's creation, advocating on behalf of the poor and marginalized, supporting our faith leaders when they stand up for climate action, holding our political leaders accountable for responsible climate policies, and mobilizing our generation and the larger church community to join in. Together, with the LORD's help, we can overcome the climate crisis.

Here's a recent podcast featuring Rachel Lamb a recent graduate of Wheaton College, Keane McCullum an undergraduate at Messiah College, Rick Herron a senior at Yale University, and EEN's Ben Lowe. Be sure to listen in!

Listen in as Alexei talks with Sandra McCracken an independent singer-songwriter whose smart, soulful blend of folk and gospel is as progressive as it is timeless. Alexei and Sandratalk about her upbringing and her exposure to birding. They talk about some of her favorite creation centered hymns including "This is my Father's World" by Maltbie D. Babcock and one of her recent projects Rain for Roots (featured below) which includes the song "God Makes Everything." Listen in as she talks about a recent convesration she had with Peter and Marinda Harris of A Rocha International on the role of hope in creation care. Alexei and Sandra talk about what role creation plays in reminding us of our need for God and about resources for children including these bible studies for children from A Rocha USA.

You won't want to miss this. Be sure to listen in!

Over the past 13 years, McCracken has released seven studio albums and two duo EPs with her husband Derek Webb; most recently, she has teamed up with a side band, Rain for Roots, to record and produce an album of children's songs. She is a founding contributor of the Indelible Grace hymn project, and her re-tuned hymns are sung in congregations across the country. McCracken currently lives, writes, and records at her home in East Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband, Derek Webb, and their two children.

With much of the eastern half of the United States being pelted with extreme weather and extreme heat and the western half experiencing severe wildfires I sat down with Katharine Hayhoe, who along with her husband pastor Andrew Farley, is the author of A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith Based Decisions to talk about recent events and the latest science around climate change.

Katharine is a preeminent climate scientist who teaches at Texas Tech University. She publishes regularly and talks and consults with a wide range of groups on the implications of climate change for the world today.

Be sure to listen in!

We get to know the work of A Rocha Canada in this podcast with Leah Kostamo. Hear about how A Rocha Canada is engaging churches to help bring fresh foods to inner city Winnipig.

Here's a video of the 'Just Growing' project

Listen in as Leah talks about how her family got involved with helping to found A Rocha Canada. Alexei and Leah talk about the disconnect between those involved in the sciences and authentic Christian faith. They also talk about the biblical narrative of creation care and how God has helped grow A Rocha Canada through missional creation care. A Rocha Canada has projects in Canada and supports a number of A Rocha projects overseas.

Every day, major headlines tell the story of how Christianity is attempting to influence American culture and politics. But statistics show that young Americans  are disenchanted with a faith that has become culturally antagonistic and too closely aligned with partisan politics. In this personal yet practical work, Jonathan Merritt uncovers the changing face of American Christianity by uniquely examining the coming of age of a new generation of Christians.

Listen in as Alexei talks with Jonathan about growing up the son of a Southern Baptist President, a graduate of liberty University, and his own process of taking hold of the biblical heritage of evangelical faith. You won't want to miss this personal and insightful conversation.

You can learn more about Jonathan and read more of his writing at http://jonathanmerritt.com/.

Host Alexei Laushkin talks with John Elwood of the Clothesline Report and board member of the Evangelical Environmental Network on his recent trip to China and Tyler Amy coordinator for Renewal: Students Caring for Creation. Listen in as they talk about the impacts of environmental pollution on the people of China and how Tyler came to his own interest in creation care.

Click here to stay up to date with the Clothesline Report and here to learn more about Renewal: Students Caring for Creation.

Host Alexei Laushkin talks with Nancy Sleeth, co-founder and Managing Director of Blessed Earth. Nancy travels throughout the U.S. speaking and writing about faith and the environment and has written her latest book Almost Amish, One Woman's Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life being published by Tyndale Publishing this spring. Nancy is also the author of Go Green, Save Green, the first-ever practical guide for going green from a faith perspective. Nancy specializes in leading workshops on the nuts and bolts of stewardship practices at home, work, school, and church and facilitating women's retreats on Sabbath practices, simplicity, and sustainability. She and Matthew Sleeth recently celebrated 30 years of marriage. They are the parents of Clark (a fourth year medical student) and Emma (creation care speaker/author for teens and young adults).

Click here to learn more about the work of Blessed Earth.

Listen in this week as I talk with Dr. Fred Van Dyke recently named Executive Director of the Au Sable Institute and Richard Gasaway author of An Inconvenient Purpose. On the first part of the show we'll be exploring the theological basis for creation care through one of Dr. Van Dyke's recent works Between Heaven and Earth, Christian Prospectives on Environmental Stewardship. We'll hear why Dr. Van Dyke wrote the book and explore some of the rich content of this excellent resource.

In the second half of our show I talk with Richard Gasaway author of An Inconvenient Purpose: Linking Godly Stewardship and Alternative Energy. We'll talk about some of the current challenges facing God's creation and how Christians ought to explore some of the energy challenges.

Richard Gasaway is a professional electrical engineer who has more than 18 years of experience in electrical power plant design.

Rick earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) in 1990 from the University of Missouri-Rolla. Married with one son, Rick loves to snow ski and watch St. Louis Cardinals baseball. Every year since he was 12, Rick had made Christmas ornaments out of bread dough, and says they are "marvelous conversation starters." Rick and Danielle Bounds, Miss Earth, USA, clean up the land around Indian Creek, Overland Park, KS. Rick may be contacted at rick@aninconvenientpurpose.com 

Be sure to listen in!

EEN's Creation Care Radio Hour is back from taking a short break this fall. Listen in as host Alexei Laushkin talks about EENs Mercury & The Unborn work and as he checks in with two Pro Life leaders Dean Ohlman host of the Wonder of Creation site and Dai Sup Han of Prayer Surge NOW!

Be sure to listen in!

This week we feature the first of two interviews with Greg Glenn & Shawn Eubank of Rocklands Farm on the topic of local foods. Through the practice of holistic agriculture, Rocklands Farm seeks to support and promote local economy and personally engage the community. To be in touch with Rocklands Farm directly click here.

This week we feature the first of two interviews with Greg Glenn & Shawn Eubank of Rocklands Farm on the topic of local foods. Through the practice of holistic agriculture, Rocklands Farm seeks to support and promote local economy and personally engage the community. To be in touch with Rocklands Farm directly click here.

Listen in this week as we talk with Casey Calamusa International News Officer for World Vision as we talk about the East Africa Food Crisis. Be sure to listen in and pass on the resource. To learn more click here. To help those in need click here.

Listen in this week as we talk with Scott Sabin Executive Director of Plant with Purpose and Author of Tending to Eden. We'll talk about how Scott got into this vocation, the heart of Plant with Purpose, and the challenges of development work focused on reducing poverty, creating industry, and empowering local ministry.

Be sure to check out Scott's book by clicking here

Listen in this week, our first segment features Rev. Joel Hunter, pastor of Northland Church, a Church Distributed and a leader in biblical creation care. The second segment is an excerpt of a recent talk given by Alexei Laushkin on the biblical case for creation care. If you'd like to learn more about talks given by EEN or our creation care teaching institute please e-mail us at support@creationcare.org.

This week will be talking to two passionate believers as we hear their story on how God brought them to engage with biblical creation care.

Listen in as we talk to Ben Lowe of the Evangelical Environmental Network and author of Green Revolution and Jonathan Merritt Spokesperson for the Southern Baptist Environment & Climate Initiative and author of Green Like God as we talk about what brought them to the work of creation care, intentional community, living a biblical gospel, John Wesley's views on animals, and mountain top removal.

Today we are launching a new program "The Creation Care Radio Hour." Each week listen in on Tuesdays as we have conversations in creation care with authors, writers, evangelists, ministers, and much more.

For the first episode we will be talking to Tim Olsen of the Summit House, a bridging ministry in the heart of Sioux Falls. Listen in to the first segment as we talk about Tim's vocational call, the ministry work of summit house, and hear stories of hope around creation care and reaching the city for Christ.

During the second segment we will be talking to Gary Oppenheimer Founder of Ampleharvest.org. We will hear about this opportunity for believers, churches, and neighborhood to bring their harvest to those who need it most.

To follow up with Tim click here.

To follow up with Ampleharvest.org click here. To donate your harvest click here to see a map of participating pantries. To register your pantry click here.

To follow up with the radio program and to provide us your feedback click here.

Listen in as we talk with Ed Brown Founder & Executive Director of Creation Care Inc. and author of Our Father's World. Listen in as we talk about the latest documents out of the Lausanne Movement a group founded in part by Billy Graham. On the podcast we talk about the Capetown Covenant. Also check out Rev. Jim Ball's post on the Capetown Commitment which has very strong statements on creation care, and climate in particular. Recently the Board of Directors of the Evangelical Environmental Network affirmed The Capetown Commitment.

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This week listen in as we talk to Dean Ohlman website host for The Wonder of Creation, which is part of RBC ministries. With over 20 years in the biblical creation care movement he shares many of his insights of first hand ministry. We'll be talking about his founding roles in one of the first Christian nature organizations, Christian approaches to politics, and much much more.

In addition to his current work he has worked on RBC's groundbreaking Day of Discovery videos on the Wonder of a Tree and the Wonder of Soil. 

Dean Ohlman, The "Dean" of the Creation Care Movement

Listen in as we talk with Dr. Susan Emmerich Director of the Creation Care Program for the Center for Law and Culture at Trinity Christian College. We'll be talking about her seminal work at peacemaking between environmentalists and local Christians on Tangier Islands. Her work was made into a full documentary When Heaven Meets Earth:

• View a trailer of her work here
• View an article explaining the work here
• Visit the movie's website to order the materials and download study guides here
• Also check out an upcoming seminar with Dr. Susan Emmerich

Check out EEN's end of the year podcast as we recap the end of the year and look forward to the year ahead for the ministry.

Listen in this week as we talk with Dr. Matthew & Nancy Sleeth and hear about their amazing story of transformation andfaithfulness that lead to their ministry work in Blessed Earth. Find out more about Matthew & Nancy's story by clicking here.

Also be sure to visit their ministry website http://blessed-earth.org.

Listen in for the first of three interviews with Rev. Jim Ball Executive Vice President for Policy and Climate Change as we discuss his new book Global Warming & The Risen Lord. The first interview talks about the first part of his book which focuses on the impacts of global warming on people. You can listen to Jim narrate the preface and introduction of the book. Be sure to like Rev. Jim Ball's facebook page and e-mail us at support@creationcare.org.

Listen in as we talk with Dr. Fred Van Dyke the Chair of the Biology Department at Wheaton College and a contributing author to Keeping God's Earth: The Global Environment in Biblical Perspective we'll be talking about the importance of species conservation.

Fred Van Dyke's career in environmental conservation has spanned positions in academia, government research and management, and private environmental consulting. As an academic, Fred is currently Chair of the Department of Biology and Director of theEnvironmental Studies Program at Wheaton College (Illinois). He received his Ph.D. in environmental and forest biology from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of NewYork-Syracuse. Before coming to Wheaton College Fred served as the founder and Director of the Environmental Science Program at Northwestern College (Iowa). In government service, Fred has worked as a wildlife biologist for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, a scientific and management consultant to the National Park Service, and an exofficio member of numerous interdisciplinary management teams of the U. S. Forest Service. For the past several years Fred also has served as a private environmental consultant in studies of the effects of energy development on wildlife. Fred specializes in the study of wildlife ecology, fire ecology,and the response of plant and animal communities to human-induced environmental disturbance, and his research has been published in numerous scientific journals including Journal of Wildlife Management, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Biodiversity and Conservation, and Journal of Mammalogy, and in the books, The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem:Redefining America's Wilderness Heritage (Yale University Press 1991), The Complete Book of North American Mammals (Smithsonian Institute Press 1998) and Vertebrate Conservation and Biodiversity (Springer 2007). His past research efforts have been supported by such organizations as the U. S. Forest Service, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and the World Wildlife Fund. He isthe author of the widely used textbook in conservation biology, Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications, now in its second edition (Springer 2008). He is a past recipient of the Henry Luce Scholarship Award by Evangelicals for Social Action for his work on developing a Christian theology of environmental stewardship, and his works on environmental ethics have been published in numerous journalsand books including Conservation Biology, Science and Engineering Ethics, Trinity Journal, Evangelical Review of Theology, and, in his latest book, Between Heaven and Earth: Christian Perspectives on Environmental Protection (Praeger 2010). Fred is married, has two daughters, and enjoys fishing, backpacking, and running.

Listen in as we talk with Tom Rowley Executive Director of A Rocha USA and Peter Harris Founder of A Rocha International Christians in Conservation as we talk about the work of A Rocha USA over the last 10 years and some of the many stories of God's provision and work throughout A Rocha communities worldwide. Check out this piece on The Creation Care Blog explaining the principals behind A Rocha USA.

What does A Rocha do?

A Rocha USA is building a nationwidenetwork of projects mobilizing Christians and others to care for God'screation. We do that by running educational programs and hands-on projects. Afew examples:

In communities such as Philadelphia, Lexington, Ft.Lauderdale, and Santa Barbara, A Rocha community gardens and farms providethose in need with fresh organic produce as well as opportunities to learn aboutand connect with nature, neighbors and the God who created both. The gardens bridgeracial, economic, and religious divides, rekindle community and instill a creation-care ethos among participants.

In Idaho, Washington, and North Carolina, A Rocha projects educate people and help them clean and protect the streams and lakesthat provide water for drinking and recreation as well as habitat for countlessfish, birds, animals and plants.

In June 2010, A Rocha held its initial Creation Care Institute, a week of classroom and outdoor learning, fieldwork, worship, and more in Santa Barbara. The Institute equipped participants with the knowledge and skills to design, launch and manage conservation projects in their own communities by providing them with the biblical basis for environmental stewardship; citizen-level conservation science; and project planning and management. In 2011, we hope to take the Institute on the road to communities around the country.

To get involved in the work of A Rocha USA click here and A Rocha USA in the subject link.

Consider supporting the important work of A Rocha USA and A Rocha International today.

Listen in to this special edition of The Creation Care Radio Hour as we talk with Scott Sabin of Plant with Purpose about the intersection of poverty, environmental degradation, and spiritual hope. Since 1984 Plant with Purpose has helped more than 100,000 people in some 230 villages lift themselves out of poverty through our holistic approach to sustainable development. Click here to read Scott's Creation Care Blog post.

Plant With Purpose is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to helping the rural poor. Our three-part, environmental, economic, and spiritual approach to sustainable development transforms the communities and people we work with in the following ways.

1. Improved Quality of Life
As a result of our work, children and adults enjoy improved health, children attain higher levels of education and women experience greater equality and economic security.

2. Restored Relationships
Plant With Purpose initiatives help strengthen family relationships, the relationship between people and their environment, and the relationship between people and God.

3. Self Sufficiency
Our synergistic model of environmental and economic development teaches people to farm in ways that also protect the land, ensuring their long-term prosperity. As a result, these communities continue to thrive long after our work there ends.

The Creation Care Radio Hour program is released every two weeks and is dedicated to topics in creation care. This is the last episode for 2011.

On this week's Radio Hour we chat with Luke Gascho Executive Director of the Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College in Wolf Lake, IN and author of Creation Care: Keepers of the Earth. Listen in as we talk about Merry Lea's spiritual foundations and the center's intersection between ecology and religion. We'll also talk about how the Gascho's live out their biblical values in their home and personal life.

With over 1,000 acres of land Merry Lea became the responsibility of Goshen College in 1980 through a gift from Lee and Mary Jane Rieth. Goshen College is a four-year undergraduate institution where students study liberal arts in a setting that has the teachings of Jesus as a central focus. Goshen College at Merry Lea is committed to development of a multifaceted environmental program that teaches about Christian stewardship of natural and human resources. To become a friend and supporter of Mery Lea click here.

Rieth Village at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College. -- This facility received the Platinum LEED rating from the US Green Building Council. This facility is used for our undergraduate programs in ecology, environmental education and interdisciplinary studies.

 

The Gascho's home solar system energy.

The Gacho's home garden

October 6, 2010

On this week's podcast (click here) we chat with Mr. Lowell Bliss the Director of Eden Vigil, an environmental missions initiative that seeks "to love Christ and His created through mobilizing and serving those who combine church-planting and creation care among least-reached peoples." With his over 15 years of overseas ministry work in India and Pakistan Lowell has a unique kingdom prospective. Listen in as Alexei and Lowell talk about the meaning of environmental missions and what got Lowell started in creation care.

Also be sure to read Lowell's piece on The Creation Care Blog on "What is an Environmental Missionary?"