How did our lives become so plastic?

One of my mates from high school recently spoke at the TEDx event in Newcastle. Check out Tim Silverwood’s presentation, How did our lives become so plastic?

I’ve been really challenged over the past year as I’ve followed along with some of Tim’s environmental work to be more deliberate in caring for creation.

In John Stott’s final book, The Radical Disciple, he has a chapter on Creation-Care. As well as Tim’s practical example, I found Stott’s challenge in this chapter to be a firm rebuke for a lack of creation care on my behalf.

Stott has this quote from Chris White with a vision for Christians to take their environmental responsibility seriously:

They choose sustainable forms of energy where possible. They switch off unneeded appliances. They buy food, goods and services as far as possible from companies with ethically sound environmental policies. They join conservation societies. They avoid over-consumption and unnecessary waste and recycle as much as possible.

Here is Stott’s conclusion:

It seems quite inexplicable to me that there are some Christians who claim to love and worship God, to be disciples of Jesus, and yet have no concern for the earth that bears his stamp of ownership. They do not care about the abuse of the earth and indeed, by their wasteful and over-consumptive life-styles, they collude in it.

God intends… our care of the creation to reflect our love for the Creator.

To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it (Deuteronomy 10:14).

Check out the Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation, a foundational statement for those engaged in the ministry of creation care.

What are some practical ways that you are seeking to take care of creation?

No More Tumbleweed

The December blog drought is about to end with a barrage of posts ready to be unleashed on the interwebs. We’ve been away on holidays for the past week. A pic from Kiama Carols:

Stay tuned for the following blogposts:

  • Compassion Christmas/New Year Fundraising Project
  • How to become a Christian
  • Music Reviews
  • Best of 2011
  • App Reviews
  • Christmas Sermon Preview
  • Bus Stop News
  • Year 12 Youth Ministry Strategy

3 Tips on How To Die Well from Abraham

I preached up at Coast Evangelical Church this past weekend. Reading Genesis 23-25, Abraham seems to be deliberate in his actions as he nears the end of his life. He dies well.

GENESIS 23-25 Sermon- Dave Miers (right-click etc to download)

Here’s the outline:

  1. Abraham trusts God will keep his promise
  2. Abraham works to continue to see God’s promises continue in his family
  3. Abraham looked forward to his home to come

Pinch + Punch // December 2011

This might well be the final Pinch + Punch. I always seem to back date it!! Today is 8th December, but I’m pretending it’s the 1st. Here’s a Desktop wallpaper from smashing mag:

New reader of DMDC? These posts were the most clicked for November 2011:

Hanno un grande Dicembre!