The Rooftop Blog- Every day is a Day. March 7 is Mariah’s birthday! March 7, 2018Wednesday, March 7, 2018 Today is… Mariah Jewell’s birthday. It’s a national celebration! Or should be! Happy birthday Mariah, firstborn, beautiful and kind, bright and witty. Today in history In addition to Mariah’s birth in Evansville, Indiana, on this day … Continue reading →
- Every day is a Day. March 6 is National Oreo Cookie Day. March 7, 2018Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Today is… National Oreo Cookie Day. the Oreo cookie has become the best-selling cookie in the United States. The National Biscuit Company (today known as Nabisco) first developed and produced the “Oreo Biscuit” in 1912 at … Continue reading →
- Every day is a Day. Monday, March 5, 2018 is National Cheese Doodle Day March 5, 2018Monday, March 5, 2018 Today is… National Cheese Doodle Day Today in history The Hula-Hoop was patented in 1963 Scripture of the Day 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray … Continue reading →
- Every day is a Day. Sun., March 4 is National Grammar Day March 5, 2018Today is… National Grammar Day Today in history On March 4, 1966, John Lennon’s inflammatory comment appears, in the London Evening Standard: “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink…We’re more popular than Jesus now.” Scripture of the Day 2 Samuel … Continue reading →
- Every day is a Day. Sat., March 3, 2018 is National Anthem Day March 3, 2018Today is… National Anthem Day commemorating the day our nation adopted “The Star-Spangled Banner” as our National Anthem. Today in history Congress passes the Missouri Compromise Scripture of the Day Ecclesiastes 5:22: Do not be quick with your mouth, do not … Continue reading →
- Every day is a Day: Feeling Blue? March 2, 2018 March 2, 2018Today is… National Dress in Blue Day Today in history 1807 Congress abolishes the African slave trade Scripture of the Day Philippians 2:3 – Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. And … Continue reading →
- Sad to say good-bye so soon February 9, 2018At 9:05 tonight my baby sister, Pamela Jewell Hartung, succumbed to a fast-moving cancer that stripped away her strength, breath and ultimately her physical life. With a final breath of earthly air, she stepped through the portal from this world … Continue reading →
- Of note. Oct. 4, 2017 October 4, 2017highs & lows observed It is homecoming week at Aurora Christian School, where Diana is a freshman, but their world has been upended by a tragic home going. Two students were in a head-on accident returning from a golf tournament … Continue reading →
- Of note. Oct. 3, 2017 October 3, 2017Highs and Lows Observed We learn and teach that you should never give up, and that if you fail, pull yourself up and try again. In my life that axiom came up hard against…plumbing. After trying to fix a leak … Continue reading →
- Of Note, Oct. 2, 2017 October 3, 2017Highs and Lows Observed The Las Vegas shooting was such base, mind-blowing, and as yet unexplained, barbarity. Not that there can be an explanation for such horrid evil. What deep sadness. We speak often of God’s love, for good … Continue reading →
- Every day is a Day. March 7 is Mariah’s birthday! March 7, 2018
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Greenpeace Activists Paint “Quit Coal” On Chicago Coal Plant Smokestack
Victimless civil disobedience in Chicago, where eight Greenpeace daredevils painted “Quit Coal” on a local smokestack. As a nation we still rely heavily on coal, a power source that produces many victims. Check out the time-elapse video of the painting job.
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Tagged coal, creation care, Environment, Greenpeace
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A helpful but incomplete book: my review of Mere Environmentalism, by Steven Hayward
My review of Mere Environmentalism, a small book by conservative writer and policy analyst Steven Hayward, is now appearing in Flourish magazine. It is a helpful, but incomplete, view of Christians in environmental work, which presents the clear distinctions between … Continue reading
Overcoming the dangerous myth of world overpopulation; a move toward pro-life environmental action
Most of my adult lifetime one of the most common truisms among those who care about the people of the world has been that the population is growing so fast that it will soon outstrip available food, space, natural resources, … Continue reading
What is clean energy and how can I get some?
The problem of producing enough energy has always forced leaders and civilizations into a position of making sweeping moral choices and to pit nation against nation and people against people. There is always a price to pay for energy. Throughout most … Continue reading
The American Bald Eagle: A successful story of environmental protection
This dramatic picture from Florida’s Caloosahatchee River by my old friend and former colleague David Singer brings to mind the great success story involving America’s national symbol, the bald eagle. The bald eagle was chosen June 20, 1782 as the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Eagle, creation care, endangered species, Environment
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An argument for screen-free Sundays
Here’s something to think about: screen-free Sundays. If you’re like me, you’ve already come up with a number of reasons that doesn’t sound too appealing. But check out the article on reducing screen time, at the Flourish Blog, and join me in thinking about … Continue reading
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Tagged creation care, Environment, family, screen time, simple living, Sunday, television
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If only I would: my creation care resolutions for 2011
(Cross-posted at Flourish) I am over 50 years old, but my environmental sensibility is young. It has only been about five years since I realized that as a Christian I needed to take more seriously both my personal impact on … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, creation care, Environment, holidays, New Year Resolutions
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The nuances of the evangelical environmental movement: in Slate magazine.
Slate magazine has been poking around the evangelical environmental movement, which has been a focus of my attention the last five years. The article appears today. It presents different viewpoints, ideologies, and strategies within the movement, but suggests that we’re … Continue reading
Weekend Reading: The price tag of raising a child in America; Haiti Smoldering; Nobel Prize highlights China’s thuggery, Full Disclosure on the Oil Spill Impacts
The price of a child: Fascinating article in the Christian Science Monitor on the full parenting price tag, beyond the scary Christmas list, and why that doesn’t begin to describe the joy, the complexity, and multitude of choices. In the … Continue reading
Are asthma and obesity the only choices for Atlanta children?
Children in Atlanta face the dual challenges of obesity and asthma. Laura Seydel asks if our children really have to make that choice. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta reminds us that asthma is the No. 1 reason children are admitted to … Continue reading
