“In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we have been taught.” [Baba Dioum, Senegalese Conservationist]

Being His Hands and Feet In Service To Creation


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“The Lord God put humans in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it.” Genesis 2:15

  • Part 1: The Early Years

    Please allow me to introduce myself. My parents gave me the name Jonathan Emerson Twining. If my last name looks familiar, it may be because you have seen boxes of Twining’s Breakfast Tea in the grocery store. Yes, I am somehow related to that branch of the family. And yes, I have visited the Twining’s…

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  • Virtual EcoMissionary

    If you would like to donate to support the missions described below, please click on your choice here. I learned a new term today … “virtual missionary“. A virtual missionary is someone who uses digital media to teach people about Jesus and serve other people around the world when they are unable to travel. I…

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  • The Mission

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  • Hands and Feet

    If you would like to donate to support the mission described below, please click on your choice here. Last Monday, a man named Jeremiah wandered over to Lea’s house in search of some pain medications for a wound on his feet. He had heard that Lea dealt with snakes and snakebite, and wanted to see…

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  • A New Brand Of Pastor?

    What Is A Pastor (As I See It In Scripture)? I would like to qualify what I am about to say and give it some context, I think it is important to define what I am going to be calling a “pastor”.  In modern parlance, a pastor is someone called to a position of leadership…

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  • White Mountains

    I remember when I began teaching full time at Eastern Nazarene College, I was invited to a faculty retreat during the first week of November. It was being held in a place called “Woodward’s Resort” in Lincoln, New Hampshire. I had no idea what to expect. I had never been to New Hampshire, and never…

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Tending To the Garden

Being His Hands and Feet In Service To Creation

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