Category Archives: belief systems

Susan and the Watermen

From Dean Ohlman on December 22, 2011

Susan Drake Emmerich is one of those persons who, if you allow her in your life, will change who you are—for the better. Susan spent ten years in the federal government. As a former U.S. delegate to the U.N. and … Continue reading »

Nature and Worship

From Dean Ohlman on December 18, 2011

I’m enjoying a new book on our relationship to the natural world: Living With Other Creatures: Green Exegesis and Theology by Richard Bauckham.  Bauckham, an evangelical Cambridge theologian, is a fellow in the British Academy and the Royal Society of … Continue reading »

Is It Really Hopeless?

From Dean Ohlman on December 16, 2011

I used to be a member of the Audubon Society—in large part in order to receive the always enjoyable Audubon magazine.  My membership, of course, also gave me access to the local society meetings, which I attended for a while.  … Continue reading »

Ordering Our Priorities

From Dean Ohlman on December 13, 2011

At long last, the evangelical ship seems to be swinging around on the issue of environmental degradation being a legitimate concern for Christians.  A few years ago Christianity Today magazine conducted an Internet poll in response to this question: “Should … Continue reading »

Advent Repentance

From Dean Ohlman on December 6, 2011

Many considered John Muir​ to be a sort of modern John the Baptist, “a voice crying in the wilderness”—for the wilderness.  Muir’s cry was not for repentance in preparation for the first coming of Messiah, but it was a cry … Continue reading »