Summer Reading
Looking for a good read this summer? Creation Care Committee has some book suggestions for your reading pleasure!
God's Good Earth:
Praise and Prayer for Creation by Anne and Jeffery Rowthorn.
"God's Good Earth forms hearts and minds to know that transformation is not only possible but essential if the Earth is to survive, healthy and whole."
Climate Church, Climate World
by Jim Antal
Will further your awareness of the environmental concerns we are facing and generate hope. "Climate Church, Climate World argues that climate change is the greatest moral challenge humanity has ever faced."
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
by Douglas W. Tallamy
"...by proposing practical measures that ordinary people can easily do, Tallamy gives us reason to believe that the planet can be preserved for future generations."
Earthkeeping and Character:
Exploring a Christian Ecological Virtue Ethic
by Steven Bouma-Prediger
"...exploring the character traits and virtues required for Christians to be responsible keepers of the earth and to flourish in the challenging decades to come."
"From Nature to Creation: A Christian Vision for Understanding and Loving our World"
by Norman Wirzba
"He (Wirzba) explains that understanding the world as creation rather than as nature or the environment makes possible an imagination shaped by practices of responsibility and gratitude, which can help bring healing to our lands and communities."
