Tag Archives: creation care

woodworking

Does Our Work Honor God’s Work?

From Dean Ohlman on March 1, 2012

One of my favorite pastimes is woodworking.  My love for working with wood came essentially from my high school shop class when our first project was to make a small cedar jewelry box for our mothers.  The smell of aromatic … Continue reading »

God’s Loving Curse

From Dean Ohlman on January 23, 2012

I have a theory about the curse in Genesis.  Here’s the passage: KEY SCRIPTURE: To Adam [the Creator] said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat of … Continue reading »

Wildness Will Save the World

From Dean Ohlman on January 19, 2012

While spending a few days thinking through the meaning of Nicolai Berdyaev’s declaration that “beauty will save the world,” I bought Joel Salatin’s new, guilt-inducing book Folks, This Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a … Continue reading »

Earth Theology

From Dean Ohlman on January 10, 2012

Earth theology. That phrase likely makes many conservative Christians uncomfortable.  It shouldn’t.  Whose earth is it anyway?  Does it belong to the New Agers?  Does it belong to the secular humanists?  To the pagans?  To the pantheists?  No it does … Continue reading »

Preaching & Doing

From Dean Ohlman on January 8, 2012

I have to confess that I have a lot of anguish of soul over what I preach and how I live.  This is especially so in the area of living a creation-careful life.  Like everyone else alive in the US … Continue reading »