Are you Almost Amish?

March 19, 2012 By 2 Comments
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Host Alexei Laushkin talks with Nancy Sleeth, co-founder and Managing Director of Blessed Earth. Nancy travels throughout the U.S. speaking and writing about faith and the environment and has written her latest book Almost Amish, One Woman's Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life being published by Tyndale Publishing this spring. Nancy is also the author of Go Green, Save Green, the first-ever practical guide for going green from a faith perspective. Nancy specializes in leading … [Read more...]

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Willing to Bend for Jesus for the Care of His Creation?

March 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Alexei Laushkin "Go and Make Disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit. " These words of Jesus seem straight forward enough, and to many Christians this going out and making Him known is a cornerstone of faith. In America today we might as well substitute nations for cultures or people groups; we live in a country of many nationalities. One of these people groups is the environmental community. Maybe reading environmental … [Read more...]

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Testimonies from Africa

March 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

by Alexei Laushkin Over the last week I had the privilege and opportunity to learn from two men with powerful testimonies. Rev. Osborne, the general secretary of the Council of Churches of Malawi and Rev. Moses, the President of the Council of Churches of Zambia as they toured greater Washington to talk about the impacts of climate change on the least of these in both of their countries. It was really a moving experience for me. Both shared countless personal stories about how people … [Read more...]

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