Climate Hope Cards Headed for Delivery
On October 13th, a delegation of UCC laity and clergy are scheduled to deliver more than 7,000...
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Awareness Is NOT the Primary Goal
What if Jesus’s main goal had been to raise awareness? Imagine Jesus as a non-stop...
Read MoreFive Years after Greta Thunberg Began Her Strike
She started by herself. She started alone. She started with an action that many politically...
Read MoreWildfires and General Synod
Amid smoke that looked like fog, I traveled to General Synod last week on a Greyhound bus from...
Read MoreThe Vision behind Climate Hope Cards
In 2023, the United Church of Christ launched a campaign rooted in a history of calling for...
Read MoreGeneral Synod Hearing on Implementation of Resolution Urging Fossil Fuel Divestment and Other Strategies
At General Synod 29 in 2013, the Resolution Urging Divestment–Along with Other...
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Successful Movements
Not that many years ago both churches and social movements dived into figuring out how to make...
Read MoreCaring for God’s Creation: A 2023 Statistical Snapshot of the UCC
The care of God’s creation is a central calling of Christians that has found unique...
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Planning for Earth Month: Resources for Congregations
April is Earth Month, and for congregations, it can be a great time to further discern how...
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Five Stages to Climate Hope
More than you might know, you may be the kind of spiritual expert needed in the face of the...
Read MoreLand Acknowledgments and Churches
In recent years, it has become increasingly popular to begin public events and worship services...
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A Protest Story: Unplanned Agitation
Dollie Burwell (second from right) shares a jail cell during the 1982 protests with (from...
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In Jackson, History Repeats Itself
The recent water crisis facing Jackson, Mississippi has led to a number of comparisons to...
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Grant Recipients for Climate Justice Fellowships
To further support prophetic climate ministries, the UCC Council for Climate Justice raised...
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Those Naïve, Idealistic Peace Activists
A number of years ago during a period in which the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan was not a...
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Taking Prophetic Action for the Earth
In conjunction with an event on Saturday, April 23, 2022, entitled "The Faith of Prophets:...
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Professional Consultants for Dysfunctional Societies
Minister for Environmental Justice The popular thing to do these days when your...
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Noah’s Ark in Reverse: Climate-Related Disasters
The story of Noah’s ark begins with a moral assessment of his era. Noah was “a righteous...
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A “Practical” Approach to the Climate Crisis
Minister for Environmental Justice Every day I talk with people who want to know what can be...
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Sacred Solidarity with Honor the Earth
Solidarity with those facing injustice is one of the most important ways people of faith can...
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