Sleeth's "Serve God, Save the Planet" is one of the best

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	• Serve God, Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action J. Matthew Sleeth Zondervan, 2007 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 35 reviews view larger image
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Loved it!

Matthew Sleeth does a great job communicating the need for us to change, then giving practical ways to take steps toward it.
I bought one for myself, read it then gave it to my sister.

A great challenge!

This book gives practical ways to live out our faith in the world. As Christians we need to be proactive and concerned about our impact while we're here. There's much to be done - and while not all the ideas in the book will work for everyone, there is bound to be SOME small or large change you can make today!

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Sleeth's "Serve God, Save the Planet" is one of the best

Matthew Sleeth's short book is one of the most inspiring books on why Christians need to live simply and take action to save the planet as a key part of their Love of God. His personal story is compelling, he is inspiring without being preachy. You walk away from each chapter saying, "Yes, I can do that, too." He not only calls you to action, he gets you going.

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Serve God, Save the Planet, sweeten your life

I first heard of Matthew Sleeth, Christian, physician, and environmental activist when he spoke at Rob Bell's church. It wasn't his passion for earth-care that made me want to read his book, Serve God, Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action. It was when he said that he had reduced his electric bill to $20. I figured that unless he was living in his car, he might have something valuable to teach me.

He did. But it wasn't earth-care OR energy savings - not primarily. It was the sweetness of a simpler life.

Sleeth begins Serve God, Save the Planet with a litany of problems you may have heard elsewhere: The dramatic increase in cancer among young people; our addiction to oil; skyrocketing rates of depression in the midst of plenty. But he doesn't linger on the gloom, because he believes that doing so leaves us feeling powerless, which is a strangely comforting way of avoiding responsibility for action. The tone of this book is upbeat and positive - joyful, in fact.

Sleeth spends some time educating us on the interconnectedness of things. He shows us the pollution created to bring us cheap food. He describes how what we throw away today, we drink tomorrow. He talks about how our over-consumption of nearly everything results in scarcity for millions of other people. But the larger focus of this book is on living a life that is simpler and sweeter. Sleeth has learned the joy of funneling all of life through a question: "Does this action, saying, movie, purchase, etc. bring me closer to God?" He says that "simplifying means having less, wanting less, being satisfied with what you have or less than you have". Sleeth inspires you to reassess not just your recycling habits but your entertainment, hobbies, use of technology, your family time and the size of your house.

Serve God, Save the Planet is both practical and inspirational. It's practical because the applications are at the family level rather than the global. It's inspirational because Sleeth finds so much joy in this journey that it's contagious.

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Heart and Brains...

I would recommend this book to anyone, Christian and non-Christian alike. It certainly puts the environmental issue in a spiritual context, but also offers many practical actions that we all can take to make a measurable, impacting difference. Dr. Sleeth is also a pretty funny guy. Read this book!

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