The Wisconsin Conference Embraces Call to Action
On June 6th, the Annual Meeting of the UCC's Wisconsin Conference voted that their congregations...
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It’s Up to Us to End This
"Another man was lynched today" posts filled my timeline once again. Another African descended...
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For November… Organize Now!
A few weeks ago I attended a community meeting as my home state of Ohio prepared for a...
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Connecting the Coronavirus and Climate Change
The following remarks were offered as part of a webinar panel on the coronavirus and the climate...
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Striking for a Future: A Play
As a resource for congregations, William Bross and the Rev. Cheryl Frank have authored a play...
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Mobilizing with Films, Biscuits, and Popcorn
Despite a brief "North Carolina blizzard" earlier that morning, on Saturday, February 29th, about...
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Heading For Extinction (And What We Can Do About It): An Extinction Rebellion Presentation
Extinction Rebellion NYC is forming affinity groups with members of the United Church of Christ....
Read MoreSermon: Healing Creation
Sermon Scripture: Job 12:7-10; Romans 8:18-25 (A verse from a hymn I learned as a child…) Our God...
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Cathedral on Fire!: A Church Handbook for the Climate Crisis
The urgency of the climate crisis requires that we act as if our cathedrals and churches are on...
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Spiritual Ecology: Environmental Organizations as “Climate Churches”
For several years, I have viewed environmental organizations as spiritual communities, whose...
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The Cancer Threat Story That People of Faith Need to Know
One of the most significant environmental justice stories of this past year is that of ethylene...
Read MoreOur Window of Opportunity: A Time to Act
A liturgical resource for congregations undertaking focused on Kairos mobilization. Based on Luke...
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Downton Abbey and the Divided World of the Climate Crisis
After much anticipation, the Downton Abbey movie has arrived. For six seasons, beginning in 2011,...
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A Climate Kairos Confession
A Kairos moment may be pregnant with possibilities or stillborn with paralysis. Christians use the...
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Suffering from Climate Burnout? Learn from a Burnt Out Moses
After a couple of recent conversations with friends who confided that they were suffering from...
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Caring for the Trees: An Urban-Rural Divide
When it comes to caring for God’s creation with regard to our nation’s wooded lands, there is...
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A Call to Action in a David and Goliath Struggle
Dear Friends and Churches, I am pastor of East Weymouth Congregational Church, United Church of...
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Woe to the Unambitious: Greta as Prophet
Prophets provoke a reckoning, a moment of truth that cannot be denied. The illusion of...
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Come Together to Pull Back from the Brink
If the General Synod of the United Church of Christ passed a resolution in support the "Back From...
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Creation Care Moment: A Practice for Each Sunday
At Weybridge Congregational Church, the beginning of worship every Sunday includes a Creation Care...
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