Almost Amish: a book review
According to a recent article in Newsweek, teenagers send and receive an astounding 3700 text messages a month; that's well over 100 a day. And before you start thinking "well [...]
November 2012
The Other Good Samaritans: Learning About Creation Care from the Conservation Community
When reading and reflecting on Jesus' famous parable of the good Samaritan (Luke 10.25-37), I occasionally think about how offended the lawyer would have been. Following his asking Jesus to [...]
Could a Campbell River maple leaf be a world record?
This news story is happening in our backyard! [photo: Sian Thompson, Campbell River Courier-Islander] On November 1st, the Courier-Islander printed the following article: Sid Carnegie never imagined that he would become [...]
Be Imitators of Me
Originally posted on November 15, 2012, by Miranda Harris at The Planetwise Blog In late July 2011, the church lost a great statesman, and A Rocha lost a great friend. News [...]
Bird Count for Kids, ON
Saturday December 8th, 2012 Every year since 1900 there has been an annual tradition of Christmas Bird Counts (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Bird_Count). This year, as part of A Rocha's local work to support [...]