Tyler Wigg-Stevenson gets it right on nuclear weapons again …
Read about his response to President Obama's important UN speech here. There's a lot to be depressed and worried about today, but the tide is turning on nuclear weapons ... and that's something to celebrate. Be sure to notice the legendary conservative leaders who support Tyler's work.
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Q & R: worship
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Hi! I checked your website to see when and where you'll be speaking, but I don't know what you'll be speaking about! :)
I guess why I say that is because I'm interesting in attending a conference or event when you'll be speaking about worship/music/arts in the church (or even "outside" the church). :) I have been a worship leader at an interdenominational church for many years and have been challenged by your thoughts about music in the church. I would love to hear you speak!
Would you be able to let me know if you are speaking on worship (or even something more general, but relating) and where and when that will be!
Thanks so much!
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an amazing graphic …
Tim P sent this graphic in ... really worth looking at here. I was especially blown away by the cost of converting the entire planet to solar energy, or the cost of all African debt, compared to the cost of the banking/insurance crisis.
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Your part in creation care …
I was invited to share on creation care at the College Park Cohort last night. What a tremendous group of people - old friends and new. The night ended - appropriately - with Todd Thomas giving me a tour of the hydrogen fuel cell car he's a test driver for. Amazing!
Here's what I shared ...
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What could be more joyful than rediscovering our God-given role as caretakers, stewards, and lovers of creation? What could be more sad and tragic than missing that dimension of life - linking the human parts of God's creation with the rest? How much would we miss by neglecting or ignoring the vast majority of God's creation that came into being before we did - and that was pronounced "good" by God completely apart from its utility to us?
Here are seven first steps that I recommend to all of us who want to re-enter our primal (and deeply fulfilling) role as caretakers of God's beautiful world.
1. Develop a theology of creation. Sadly, many of us have a gospel of evacuation and abandonment, leaving behind creation to be destroyed so our souls can be beamed up to heaven as soon as possible. We need instead a theology of incarnation and engagement ... where we join the Creator in loving and caring for creation. Thankfully, this theology that includes rather than evacuates creation is deeply rooted in the Scriptures, and is being rediscovered and freshly articulated by many of us today.
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