The Bible Goes Green for the Prius Age

[Sequoia]

Green runs through the Bible like a vine. There are the Garden and Noah's olive branch. The oaks under which Abraham met with angels. The "tree standing by the waterside" in Psalms. And there is Jesus, the self-proclaimed "true vine," who describes the Kingdom of Heaven as a mustard seed that grows into a tree "where birds can nest." He dies on a cross of wood, and when he rises Mary Magdalene mistakes him for a gardener.

Now there is a Bible trying to make gardeners of us all. On Oct. 7, HarperCollins is releasing The Green Bible, a Scripture for the Prius age that calls attention to more than 1,000 verses related to nature by printing them in a pleasant shade of forest green, much as red-letter editions of the Bible encrimson the words of Jesus. The new version's message, states an introduction by Evangelical eco-activist J. Matthew Sleeth, is that "creation care"--the Christian catchphrase for nature conservancy--"is at the very core of our Christian

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1842268,00.html

[bertha katzenengel]

1. Oh, for sweet christ's sake. I may urp myself.

My eyes hurt from rolling.

"creation care?"

:puke:

[southpaw]

2. Jump on the bandwagon, ya freakin' loonies!

Whatever it takes... you know?

[Initech]

3. Is it printed on environmentally friendly recycled paper?

Cause if not... :evilgrin: