Author: Paul Nelson

Book Review: Together with all Creation: Caring for God’s Living Earth

Together with All Creation: Caring for God’s Living Earth, A Report of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations I was excited to read the CTCR’s publication of a Biblical (and Lutheran) understanding of our relationship to the rest of creation around us. This is a major issue in our society today. It’s nearly impossible to pick up a paper or watch a newscast without hearing something about global warming, recycling, environmental responsibility, and many other iterations of this same theme. There are those for whom care of the earth has become essentially a religion, the primary filter through...

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Book Review: Emerging Adulthood

Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens through the Twenties by Jeffrey Jensen Young people are different today that young people in other generations. Young people today are similar to young people in other generations. I think that most of us can get behind one of these two premises. Arnett’s research into young adults premises the first, but often supports the second. This is a readable and informative presentation of Arnett’s research into young adults and his advocacy of the term emerging adult as a replacement to the typical moniker of young adult. He examines emerging adults...

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