Sam Harrell

Sam Harrell is associate coordinator of global missions for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, facilitating the work of field personnel in some 20 countries. He and his wife, Melody, have three grown sons. Sam is passionate about the environment and spends much of his free time as close to the land as possible – birdwatching, hiking, beekeeping – and advocating for creation care.

Sam Harrell

Working where grass is trampled

There is an African proverb that states, “Where elephants fight, the grass is trampled.” Nowhere is this a truer metaphor than the effect of global politics on international development and, ultimately, the marginalized at the bottom. Imagine our surprise and…

America, we’ve got to address the source of the pressure, not just the steam it puts off

While I’m not a psychotherapist or anywhere close to an expert in family systems theory, I’m finding some clarity in applying what little I do know to our current societal predicaments. It goes something like this: Pressure begins to build…

Earth Day: the amazing dung beetle and lessons on loving all God’s creation

Without dung beetles, greenhouse gases (from methane produced by animals) would be orders of magnitude greater than at present, more than all the vehicle exhaust on earth.