Empowering Youth in Environmental Justice
A new and engaged community was formed at the 4th Annual Environmental Justice For All! Retreat,...
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Four Bookmarks: Capturing Foundational Truths for Churches Today
When I am visiting churches, I often pass out four bookmarks that contain what I believe are...
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We’re Our Own Worst Asteroid
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with dinosaurs. (I simply cannot understand anyone who...
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Touchpoints: How a Village Church Reaches Out to the World
Saugatuck and Douglas are sister cities — sibling villages, really — on Michigan’s West...
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With a Meal at the Heart of Worship, a Church Connects with Creation
After graduating from Harvard Divinity School in 2014, Zach Kerzee received the support of the...
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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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Our Deteriorating Space Environment: A Status Report
Stephen Hawking, the physicist and cosmologist, thinks it is a near certainty we will destroy our...
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The Many Paths that Lead to Creation Justice
“Diversity” was the key word for “Creation Justice Pathways in North Carolina,” the...
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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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Lead Crisis Becomes Eviction Crisis
This past summer residents of the West Calumet Housing Complex in East Chicago, Indiana, were told...
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For Churches Addressing Climate Change, Learn from Marriage Equality
Recently, Forbes magazine published an article that suggests the unique and powerful contribution...
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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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The Immediate Threats to Scientific Advancement in the United States
On the website of The Washington Post on January 31, Chris Mooney posted an article titled, “A...
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Confronting with Courage the One Who Sees Only ‘Carnage’ – Making God’s Work Our Own
This is the moment for which we have been called. How fitting that every four years, the...
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Trump Administration to Scrap NASA’s Role in Climate Research
In 2017, it’s not just space debris that threatens satellites monitoring climate change. It’s...
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