At Different Voice, creation-care is one of our core values. What does it mean to translate this belief into action as we do ministry?

This is the time of year when many churches are hard at work on their budgets for next year. Tight family budgets mean a slimmer bottom line for some congregations, which in turn means your eduction budget could be trimmed back. Whether or not you are having to make cuts, try to remind people in your congregation that teacher training is one of the single most important items in your education budget for several reasons. Some of them include...

 Ever notice how, especially starting in the Psalms and prophets, God seems to be into "new" things, and we're encouraged to do new things? A brief sampling...