Summary: Faith-Based Work in the Creation-Care Field

Over 12 years of service and leadership within the eco-theology/eco-justice movement.  Staff member at Earth Ministry for 11 years.  Accomplished retreat leader, speaker, teacher, writer, and editor.  Edited/partially authored two books; currently working independently on a third focused on money, economics and sustainability from a faith perspective.

 

I am an experienced and skilled communicator, and have created and led a wide variety of educational, community-building experiences to connect people’s faith with care for all creation.  Please know of my availability for retreats, workshops and other speaking/teaching engagements, as well as writing and editing.

 

Teaching and Speaking Venues

I have given hundreds of presentations in a variety of settings.  My experience includes:

§       Retreat Leadership

§       Workshop Facilitation

§       Sermons and Chapel Presentations

§       Lectures

§       High School, College, and Adult Education Classes

 

Writing and Editing

The award-winning Simpler Living Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective has become a best-seller.    My books include within them community-building study-guides. In addition, I have written/edited curricula for the Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign and the Evangelical Environmental Network.  My experience includes:

§       Books (edit and partially author)

§       High School, College, and Adult Curricula

§       Articles/Essays

§       Newsletters/Journals

§       Grant Writing

 

Areas of Knowledge and Interest

§       Greening Congregations

§       Climate Change and Species Extinctions

§       Spirituality and Eco-Theology

§       Sustainable Economics and Economic Justice

§       Simpler Living—Connecting Values with Individual and Congregational Lifestyle Choices

§       Money and Holistic Stewardship

§       Food, Faith, and Sustainability

§       Creation-Care from a Christian Perspective

 

Education

MS, Environmental Studies, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

BS, Biology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois

- Studies emphasized Ecology, International Studies, and Sustainable Development

- Independent Theology and Spirituality exploration and study

                                                                                                                                                                            
Representative Publications

 

Edited Books/Curricula

Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective, Living the Good News/Morehouse

Food and Faith: Justice, Joy, and Daily Bread, Living the Good News/Morehouse

The Cry of Creation: A Call for Climate Justice, The Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign

Creation Sunday 2000, worship resources and adult/youth education packets, Evangelical Environmental Network

Simplicity as Compassion, Earth Ministry

Food, Faith, and Sustainability, Earth Ministry

 

Articles

"Is it Time for Christians to Think Locally?" The Witness

"Simpler Living, Compassionate Life," Creation Care

"The Great Economy/The Big Economy: Making a Difference as we Confront the Global Economy, Poverty, and Ecological Degradation," Christian Social Action

"…and All the Trees of the Field will Clap Their Hands," Earth Letter

"Relationships and Community: The Key to Sustainable Development; A Case Study in Northeastern Thailand," Proceedings of the 16th Annual Third World Conference

 

Representative Presentations

 

Plenary Talks

              Earth Day Chapel, Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas

              Closing Plenary, Washington Environmental Celebration, Leavenworth, Washington

“Economic Justice and Ecological Harmony,” Reach Out Conference, Vancouver, BC

“Environmental Justice,” Western Regional Ecumenical Christian College Conference, Corvallis, Oregon

“Stir It Up: Blending Faith and Work,” Wheaton College Chapel Speaker

“Simplicity as Compassion: Voluntary Simplicity from a Christian Perspective,” Episcopal Diocese of Virginia's Fourth Annual Conference on the Environment.

 

Workshops

Living the Jubilee in Everyday Life

Food and Faith: Justice, Joy, and Daily Bread

Justice and Simplicity

Toward a More Simple, Sacramental, and Just Way of Life

The Spirituality of Simplicity

 

Weekend Retreats

Widening our Circle of Compassion: Connecting Faith, Earth, and Justice

Listening to our Lives

Choose Life: A Retreat on Simply Living

Sustainability, Simplicity, and Spirituality: A Lenten Retreat

 

Sermons

The Good Life and the Abundant Life

Aspen Trees and Llamas: Living in Hope

Freedom in Simplicity

The Blessings of a Broken Heart