Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
For the Beauty of the Earth
Leah D. Schade · 2019
74/100
👍 Worth It
A thoughtfully structured Lenten devotional that earns its keep by grounding environmental care in Christian Scripture and a beloved hymn rather than treating creation stewardship as an external add-on to faith. The 40-day format is practical, the daily rhythm of scripture plus reflection plus prayer is well executed, and church groups have found it genuinely usable. Readers from more conservative theological traditions may find the social justice framing a stretch, but the devotional core is solid.
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substance72
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originality65
accuracy75
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human-eye73
Penny’s verdict74
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