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Thursday, July 09, 2009

Choosing good green living a spiritual journey

By SHARON THOMPSON
McClatchy Newspapers

WILMORE, Ky. -- Nancy Sleeth doesn't use her oven very often. At least not her conventional oven. Instead, she turns to her more energy-efficient toaster oven, microwave and convection oven. When Sleeth bakes bread, she uses a bread machine.

She also uses fresh ingredients and avoids processed foods. Her pantry is filled with grains, fruits and vegetables. The family eats very little meat; when they do, it's locally raised.

Their next-door neighbor grinds wheat for them, and Sleeth and her husband, Matthew, share a garden with their neighbors. "We share our talent and gifts and resources," Nancy Sleeth said.

The Sleeths' food choices and cooking habits are just part of their bigger effort to help the environment. Eight years ago, they decided to face the issue head-on.

They were "living out the American dream. My husband was an emergency-room physician, and we were living in a big house in New England," Sleeth said.

One evening while the family was on vacation, she asked her husband two questions that would change their lives: "What do you think is the biggest problem facing the world today?"

"The world is dying," he replied.

Her next question was: "If the planet is dying, what are we going to do about it?"

A couple of months later, Matthew answered her. "I'll quit my job and put all my energy toward saving the planet."

The story of how the Sleeths and their children, Clark and Emma, downsized their lives, gave away half their possessions and moved to a house the size of their old garage is documented in Nancy Sleeth's new book, "Go Green, Save Green" (Tyndale, $14.99).

As the Sleeths embarked on their environmental journey, they also began a faith journey. When Matthew Sleeth picked up a Gideon Bible in the hospital waiting room on a slow night, "a light came on. Here were the answers we had been seeking," Nancy Sleeth said.

"We took Jesus' advice and began cleaning up our own act before worrying about cleaning up the rest of the world," she said. During the next couple of years, the family began to change its lifestyle.

This is a small part of a two-page article. A good read, and things to think about...please click on "external source" at the bottom of this section to see the whole article.

Labels: environmentalism, Jesus, lifestyle, Nancy Sleeth, Sharon Thompsom

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