In April 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon, on the subject of happiness. In this video, you'll watch a clip from The Shawshank Redemption and hear Randy talk about how it relates to happiness. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

In April 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon, on the subject of happiness. In this clip, Randy looks at Scripture to answer this question. For more information, check our Randy's Happiness book. 

In April 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon, on the subject of happiness. This is the first of three sessions. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book.

In April 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon, on the subject of happiness. In this clip, Randy discusses God's expectations of our happiness. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

In April 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon, on the subject of happiness. In this clip, Randy talks about happiness playing a role in his coming to know Christ. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

In April 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon, on the subject of happiness. In this clip, Randy talks about finding the primary source of our happiness in God and how that relates to secondary things such as nature. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

In April 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon, on the subject of happiness. In this clip, Randy talks about how happiness relates to creation and what the Scriptures say about this. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

God’s intention for humans was that we would occupy the whole Earth and reign over it, to God’s glory. This reigning, expanding, culture-enriching purpose of God for mankind on Earth was never revoked or abandoned. 

Perhaps because many environmental and animal-rights activists scorn the Bible and Christian beliefs, I believe Christians have often overreacted and ignored our stewardship job description when it comes to animals.