The Antidote to Power from Above
With its themes of moral reckoning and repentance, this Lenten season brings into stark relief...
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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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Call to Address Environmental Racism in Alabama Community
For six years, the Shiloh community of Elba, Alabama has faced severe flooding caused by the...
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Intergenerational Relationships—Our Secret Superpower
Earlier in the year, I had a call with Liam McMahon, the Civic Engagement Director for a...
Read MoreResources for Creation Justice Churches
The Creation Justice Churches program of the United Church of Christ guides congregations in...
Read MoreRobots Are More Ethical Than Humans and Other Lessons from the Climate Crisis
In 1948, the science fiction author Isaac Asimov imagined a world in which robots would become...
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In Praise of (Some) Organized Religion
A new report on spirituality in the United States was recently released by the Pew Research...
Read MoreThe Revolutionary Power of a Little Yeast
When it comes to baking, I will confess to having a complicated relationship with yeast. It...
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Vote for Climate Hope 2024 Art Contest
Register now! The UCC is conducting a Vote for Climate Hope Art Contest. UCC children and...
Read MoreTaking Action for Climate Justice in 2024
Action for climate justice in the United Church of Christ is Spirit-led and member-driven....
Read MoreClimate Hope Cards Headed for Delivery
On October 13th, a delegation of UCC laity and clergy are scheduled to deliver more than 7,500...
Read MoreAwareness 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...
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The Vision behind Our Climate Hope Campaigns
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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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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