The Common Good

Tracey Bianchi

Tracey Bianchi blogs about finding a saner, greener life from the heart of the Chicago suburbs. She wrote Green Mama: The Guilt-Free Guide to Helping You and Your Kids Save the Planet(Zondervan 2009) and blogs at traceybianchi.com.

Blog Posts by Tracey Bianchi

Experiencing God's Creation, Rain or Shine
Posted by Tracey Bianchi 2 years 5 weeks ago
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Tread Lightly During Spring Break Travel
Posted by Tracey Bianchi 2 years 8 weeks ago
My family, while I was growing up, was not much for spring breaks. As other families we know flitted about preparing for palm trees and sand, my sister and I would pout and lament to my mother that...
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Feeling Green Guilt at 30,000 Feet
Posted by Tracey Bianchi 2 years 11 weeks ago
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How Do We Take Lent Beyond Chocolate and Caffeine?
Posted by Tracey Bianchi 2 years 12 weeks ago
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A Green Christmas: 5 Realistic Ideas for Celebrating the Season
Posted by Tracey Bianchi 2 years 22 weeks ago
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Articles by Tracey Bianchi

Eternal Payoffs
February 1, 2010

God’s design for our lives includes stewardship of everything we have received. Most followers of Jesus give of their finances and volunteer their time, but stewardship also means responsible living with our cars, homes, energy consumption, water use, and so on. In these areas God provides an opportunity for wisdom and discernment on our part. At the very beginning of scripture, in Genesis 1, God outlines a partnership that is wider and greener than many of us realize. It is inconsistent if we slap our 10 percent into the collection plate and then head home in a gas-guzzling car and flip on all the lights