Product Description

Cherishing the Earth conveys the integrated wisdom of a scientist and a pastor who have discovered that sustainable living requires spiritual as well as technological resources. Every system on Earth has been affected by human actions. We have plundered its mineral resources and polluted the land, the atmosphere and the water. We urgently need to learn how to care for God's creation. Martin and Margot Hodson take us on a journey of hope and bring practical enthusiasm for a better way of living. Drawing on stories of people who have found positive ways to respond, they show how understanding God's concern for his whole creation can inspire us toward a more biblical lifestyle. They call for Christians and others to become more involved in communities and seek change at national and international level. Far from being a distraction from living a Christian life, this sustainable lifestyle is a key to a life lived with Jesus at the centre.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #572287 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
Colourfully reminding us that the pages of the Bible are buzzing with insects, alive to the song of birds, majestic in its description of trees... we experience with the Hodsons the wonderful nature of our world - the world God loves. It is the world of our stewardship. It is the Earth we cherish. You should read this book, and be inspired to live joyfully in its reading! --Calvin B. DeWitt, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Founding Director, Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies

For too long we the church have abdicated our God given responsibility for creation care. Here is a wake-up call. Let s make sure we hear it! --Dr Krish Kandiah, Executive Director: Churches in Mission at the Evangelical Alliance UK

With any number of questions being asked about Global Warming, Climate Change, Environmental Issues and our proper Stewardship of the World's Resources we need guides who can clarify the issues and help us to reflect theologically on them. Martin and Margot not only do this in Cherishing the Earth - but it is clear from all they say that they live and breathe them too. I warmly commend this book both for personal reading, group study and, above all, for action. --Right Reverend Colin Fletcher, Bishop of Dorchester

Dr Krish Kandiah, Executive Director: Churches in Mission at the Evangelical Alliance UK, November 2007
For too long we the church have abdicated our God given responsibility for creation care. Here is a wake-up call. Let's make sure we hear it!
Dr Krish Kandiah, Executive Director: Churches in Mission at the Evangelical Alliance UK

Calvin B. DeWitt, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Founding Director, Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, November 2007
Cherishing the Earth takes us on a journey with a couple who have discovered for themselves what it means to care for God's Creation. Margot and Martin combine their wisdom as a scientist and a pastor with a practical enthusiasm for a better way of living.

The journey we take with them first opens the reality of creation's degradation but soon elevates us to envision creation made whole again by God's love for the world and our grateful and responsive stewardship.

Colourfully reminding us that, "the pages of the Bible are buzzing with insects, alive to the song of birds, majestic in its description of trees..." we experience with the Hodsons "the wonderful nature of our world"--the world God loves. It is the world of our stewardship. It is the Earth we cherish. You should read this book, and be inspired to live joyfully in its reading!
Calvin B. DeWitt, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Founding Director, Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies

Customer Reviews

Illuminating shared work
This book is insightful in many aspects. It is the happy result from the combined effort by a theologian with deep knowledge about science and a scientific with deep knowledge about the Bible. They tackle each topic from both a scientific and theological perspective and show that these two approaches are far from detached from each other -actually, both are badly needed if we really care for this planet. And it is also a gripping read. Highly commendable.