Bill tells me that Fridays are supposed to be relaxed on Friendly Christian. So on this casual-dress-Friday I figured I’d talk about something fun and easy…saving the planet!

I found a list of “practical suggestions for living more simply” with the goal of improving our world: reducing our environmental footprint, saving money in order to have more income to support social causes, and enjoying a more fulfilling existence. I’ll get to the list in just a minute. But I thought it would be fun to hear your takes on this list through your comments…

• First, which points do you agree or disagree with?
• What would you add or take away?
• Does it even matter (”going green” or living more simply)?
• How well do Christians measure up on these suggestions?
• How would you save the planet?
• And finally, where did I pull the list from? (No cheating; don’t Google the text!) Are these talking points from the Sierra Club? Al Gore? Dave Ramsey?

Good luck with your guesses. And I look forward to your insights and responses. Without further ado, here’s the list…

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This is a strange question coming from a missionary. But it’s a question that I’ve wrestled with many times in my life — even as I’m serving in a mission field thousands of miles from my comfortable, low-risk life in the United States. I think, What am I doing here? Is this life that I’ve chosen really worth it? And I know I’m not the only one who wonders…

Is faith nonsense?

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