Man and Nature's Interrelationships

Cal DeWitt, former professor of ecological studies at the University of Wisconsin and former director of the Au Sable Institute for Environmental Studies, is a good friend.  Once when he was campaigning for wetlands conservation and restoration in his township, … Continue reading »

Earth's Extravagant Fruitfulness

It’s been a good spring for farmers here in West Michigan: slow warm up and plenty of rain.  The crops look wildly verdant as do the fields and woodlands.  And the wild animals look to be multiplying as per their … Continue reading »

Purpose and Design in Nature

Academia asserts that the natural world is the result of uncomplicated basic elements acted on by simple forces in an entirely random and undirected manner. But common sense alone teaches us that the material world is irreducibly complex and its … Continue reading »

Copenhagen, Christians & Global Warming

“The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and your saints and those who reverence your name, both small and great– and for destroying those who destroy the earth and for … Continue reading »

Cottonwood Drama

In my college days some of my favorite records (you remember: those big, black plastic discs with grooves traced by needles to make sound) were the gunfighter ballads of Western singer Marty Robbins.  One of the songs was “Cottonwood Tree”—about … Continue reading »