What does God think of the BP oil spill?

Christianity Today is a magazine founded by, among others, Billy Graham and Carl Henry in the middle of the twentieth century - just as the evangelical Christianity was beginning its resurgence in the UK and US.  Over the years, it has provided thoughtful and distinctly Gospel-focussed commentary on current events and church concerns.  Here's a latest offering on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  It's brief and an overview rather than a sustained argument for a more robust theology of creation, but still worth noting as a conversation starter:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/mayweb-only/28-12.0.html

St Alf's folk might be familiar with Ian Hore-Lacy's excellent little book Sustainable Dominion. Ian has provided a summary here and was on ABC Radio National discussing it here. 

An important topical topic for Christians to have reasoned, biblical convictions about!

Shanghai World Expo

When I was in school, one of the values that was drilled into me was, 'If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well'.  China seems to have taken this principle to the max for this expo.

65 BILLION US dollars to showcase Shanghai and China, amazing pavillions from the host country and the UK, Netherlands and Norway - and probably many others besides - and all to be pulled down in October.

What does all this say about world poverty and world priorities?