Category: Stewardship of Creation
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Become A Green Traveler With A Home Swap
When we go on vacation, our home sits empty. While away, it is easy to worry about the empty house—water leaks, mold growing, the failure of the furnace or air conditioner to keep running, adequate home security by the security system or alert neighbors. All the usual expenses for our home arrive each month and…
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Who Really Owns This Place?
There is a fable in which the Angel Gabriel reports to God, after surveying the earth and its inhabitants. The angel Gabriel says, “Lord, it’s my duty to inform you that you are the owner of a choice piece of real estate known as planet earth. But the tenants you’ve leased it out to are…
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Time-Based Currency
Today, I was introduced to a new concept, “time-based currency.” Apparently, people the world over are experimenting with this idea. As I understand it, you swap an hour of your time providing a service to someone—with the possibility of earning an hour of service from someone else. The concept intrigued me for a simple reason:…
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Be Part Of The Bigger Picture
What is the use of a house, if you don’t have a decent planet to put it on? (Henry David Thoreau) As a Christian, I believe that every life serves a purpose. There is always a bigger picture to consider. Each of us is here for a reason. We belong to something—to someone—much bigger than…
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Have Fun Living Green
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. (Dale Carnegie) Take a vacation and help the planet. People are more productive when they are rested and energized. News of global warming and the need to protect resources is disheartening. What are we to do? Take a much needed and refreshing vacation? …
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Make A Difference For One Family—Yours
Everyone wants to make a difference in this life. Yet, amazingly, we pass up so many opportunities that come our way to do so. The following sermon illustration is so good—and has been used so often—it is hard to imagine that some pastors out there have never heard or never used this illustration in one…
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Baby Boomers—Tourists or Travelers?
Article after article today laments the economic downturn and the effect this will have on Baby Boomers who haven’t saved for retirement. “Retirement.” I hope that is a word my fellow Baby Boomers will never use. Remember when we were going to change the world? Well, perhaps the current economic reality is just what we…
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Travel The Home Exchange Way: More Vacation With Less Money
Vacations are very important for families, couples, and individuals. An obvious benefit to travel is to “see the world,” broaden your horizons, and create space away from your everyday life-perspective. Vacations are good for relationships. You have time to enjoy your family or spouse: time to talk, plus you get to share new experiences together. …