We’re proud to present the first of a series of profiles of Church members that exemplify stewardship in some aspect of their lives. We hope to show the diverse and wonderful ways that Church members show respect and wise use of the earth’s resources. Stewardship in Action: Lance Long Law Professor at Stetson University in…
Five Paradoxes of Mormon Environmental Advocacy
This is a brief summary of the speech I gave at the recent Stegner symposium, with a little more elaboration on the final point that I ended up having to rush through. You can see a video of the lecture here.
A General Authority Teaches Stewardship
History was made on Friday. Elder Marcus Nash, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ, spoke as a formal representative of the church at the recent Stegner Symposium on “Religion, Faith, and the Environment” and presented an official view of Mormon stewardship of the earth. The symposium…
Thoughts from an important voice on religion and environment, guest post by Nathan Waite
The Wallace Stegner Center Lecture was given last Thursday by Mary Evelyn Tucker. Dr. Tucker is a foundational figure in religion and ecology—read more about her here: http://environment.yale.edu/profile/tucker/. Her talk was entitled “The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology.” Her interest in the relationship between religion and ecological thinking began with a trip 40 years ago…
An Evangelical Gets (Environmental) Religion
Tri Robinson spoke today at the Stegner Symposium on “Religion, Faith, and the Environment” at the University of Utah. Robinson is a pastor from Boise who described his journey from a young boy who found God in the outdoors to a career as a pastor. He described the journey of evangelicalism in the United…
April Earth Stewardship Theme: Spring Plantings
We all enjoyed Ron’s post last month about his suggestion for our April theme. For that reason, we have decided to go with Ron’s suggestion to make our theme Spring Plantings. I’d recommend reading the original post. It was a really great exploration of this theme. So this month, take some time to plant some…
LDS Belief as Ecologically Friendly
This is a follow-up post to my post of March 20th. LDSES is founded on the conviction that LDS doctrine provides particular incentive for members of the church to be concerned about the environment, but perhaps if we juxtapose stewardship doctrines with the perspectives within LDS culture that are decidedly anti-environmental that I described in…
Good Friday Birds
According to scripture, Jesus is the god of nature, and when he died creation itself shook. Before he died, one legend and popular story relates that birds attempted to free him from the cross by prying at the nails in his hands and feet. As a result, the tips of their beaks became permanently crossed,…
Green Art Installations: Air Bear and Other Inflatable Bag Art
When you live and work in a city over a long period of time, it’s sometimes possible to get so accustomed to seeing a mild amount of litter on the streets that you barely notice it after awhile. But what if one day the street litter suddenly came to life and began to move on…
LDS Belief as Ecologically Harmful
I once read an excellent essay by David Kinsley entitled “Christianity as Ecologically Harmful” with a companion essay entited “Christianity as Ecologically Responsible.” These two essays explore two sides of the same coin. I think this was an excellent exercise in helping readers to understand that a religious tradition provides many principles and doctrines that…