How can trees help us? And how can we help them once their leafy days are done?  I investigate up on the Porch.  Here.

John Muir, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson and Earth Day.  Plus, E.F. Schumacher, John McConnell, with a side of Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben.  All  of this and more (OK, not […]

The dates don’t align perfectly this year, but it is still a question worth asking:  Is Good Friday good for the Earth? An answer in my 2011 piece at Patheos.

While more than willing to sport a cowboy hat, talk football, and profit from its barbecue knowledge, Texas Monthly also sees its mission as bringing Austin values to the rest of […]

The new edition of Plough Quarterly is out and loaded with good stuff on creation care.  There’s a wonderful profile of John Muir from Cal DeWitt, N.T. Wright’s essay “Jesus […]

Some thoughts on the intersection of Hollywood and faith, here on the Porch.

Evangelicals today are often associated with denomination-free churches (or at least congregations where you have to dig pretty deep into the fine print to find out what it is).  That […]

Up on the Porch, I address that inconsistent defender of flyover country, Mike Huckabee.  (And yes, I do have an autographed Mike Huckabee electric guitar, but I wish he was […]

If you subscribe to First Things, flip to the back of the February edition and you’ll find my review of Dallas Willard’s The Divine Conspiracy Continued.  It’s in the “Briefly Noted” […]

The recent sad anniversary of Roe v. Wade has produced some unfortunate taunts.  I take on one of them here at First Things.  There’s no real reason that those who love the […]