When Compassion Leads Us beyond Comfort
"I get enough bad news during the week. I don't need to hear more of it in a sermon." As much as I...
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The Parable of the Sower and the Planting of a Yard Sign
When preachers reflect from the pulpit on the familiar parable of the sower, many undoubtedly...
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The Climate March as an Empathy Test
A recent viral video explores the simple question, “What if Earth treated us the way we treat...
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Lesson from Pope Francis: How to Frame Climate
What follows is an excerpt from Donna Schaper’s book I ♥ FRANCIS. In the book, Schaper...
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The Climate March as an Easter Plot Twist
Easter has been described as one of the greatest plot twists of all time, and I have come to...
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To Revolutionize the Church, Go Outdoors: An Interview with Stephen Blackmer
The homepage for the Church of the Woods website offers a compelling combination of warm invitation...
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From the French Revolution, Inspiration for Churches Today?
Could church members meet their spiritual needs by adopting a practice that was common during the...
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Background on Race and Climate
There has been an ongoing focus on race and the environment in the United States since the 1980s...
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Lessons from a 1,500-Square-Mile Lead Catastrophe
After a hundred years of mining contaminated the Coeur d’Alene River as well as nearby lakes and...
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Urgent: Stand with Standing Rock!
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced its intention to issue a permit for the construction...
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Creation Justice and Church 3.0: An Interview with Cyndy Ash
Progressive Christian leaders such as Cameron Trimble and John Dorhauer have been leading a...
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Trump, a Fascist? Let’s Dig Deeper
For some, it has become almost fashionable to call Donald Trump a “fascist.” While I believe...
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Excerpt from God Is Green
Pastor and theologian Robert Shore-Goss has just published a new book entitled God Is Green: An...
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Christmas Gift Book Recommendations
Last month I posed to readers of The Pollinator the following questions: If you were to give a book...
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Gratitude & an update on Standing Rock
An update from Rev Brooks Berndt, United Church of Christ Minister for Environmental Justice,...
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The Naked Truth: Climate Change and the Coming Trump Administration
You can cross-file it under “strange” and “prophetic ,” but the Bible tells us that the...
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In a church newsletter, my pastor recently cited a discussion she heard between the columnists E.J....
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From Flint and Standing Rock: Water Is Life
The organizers for the International Days of Prayer and Action with Standing Rock on October...
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When the Floods Come: A Good Samaritan or a Sadist?
The parable of the Good Samaritan presents us with two possible responses to suffering. There are...
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Must We Perish?: Infrastructure and Climate Change
The Fourth in a Series on Infrastructure Justice In the poetic lyricism of the King James Bible,...
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