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Why read Wendell Berry?
Theologian Norman Wirzba reflects on what he has learned about theology and Creation as a longtime friend and student of Wendell Berry.
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A Litany to Our World’s Destruction
Possibility is held in our hands, our words, our power to change with each other. Another world is possible, the words I recite when I need a reminder. The words are an invitation to build…
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Watch the 2026 National Faith + Climate Forum!
This year’s National Faith + Climate Forum became a powerful gathering of faith, hope, and action for our shared future. More than 1,250 people gathered in houses of worship and live online across the country…
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When Politics, Science, and Faith Come Together
This blog is a collaboration between the National League of Cities and Path to Positive: For many world religions, a respect for nature and a desire to care for our planet lies at the heart of their practices and rituals. In 2015, Pope Francis surprised the world with Laudato Si, a papal encyclical on “care for…
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Making the Connection: Climate Change Intensifies Every Issue We Already Prioritize
Where and how does your faith community live out its values? And, what does this have to do with climate change? Here is the answer – the insidious, unjust nature of climate change intensifies and proliferates each one of our existing priorities.
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PCUSA Climate Care Challenge
Our daily experience, confirms that these extreme climate events keep taking place with greater frequency and intensity each year. This is threatening our food and energy security…. Climate change represents an imminent threat to balanced and well-adjusted development in our country… ultimately, we are seeking to motivate the search for new paths, both of theory…
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Following the Lamp at Our Feet: Combating Climate Change One Step at a Time
The first Bible verse I ever memorized- aside from the Lord’s Prayer- was Psalm 119:105, “Your word is a lamp to my feet, a light to my path.” I meditate on this passage quite often. My understanding of this verse came to be that God is not like a floodlight showing us the entirety of…
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Experts say UCC Matters in Fight Against Climate Change
This partner blog was originally published by United Church News, here. The United Church of Christ General Synod took definitive action on climate justice with three resolutions in late June. It endorsed two proposals currently before Congress – the Green New Deal and the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act – and encouraged churches to avoid cups, plates and other items…
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Catholic Energies, IGS Solar, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington Partner on Solar Project in Washington, DC
IGS Solar and Catholic Energies will build the largest solar ground array and pollinator field project approved for construction to-date in the District of Columbia for the benefit of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington (CCADW), the organizations jointly announced today. In response to Pope Francis’s call to combat climate change and to serve…
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What in the World are Carbon Offsets?
🔎 This content has been updated. For practical ways to lower emissions and save money at home, explore our Go Green Save Green guide. Have you heard about carbon offsets? They may be just what you and your congregation are looking for in your journey to zero-emissions! The Blessed Tomorrow Carbon Offset Program helps congregations…
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Nature that Nurtures
The Nature that Nurtures guide, written by Mary Westervelt with layout and graphics by Lauren Diamond, tells the story of how one church, Trinity Presbyterian Church in Berwyn, PA, a certified Earth Care Congregation, began the process of changing their grounds to be better stewards of God’s earth. Below, the author reflects on the beginnings…
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Summit for Change and #ActOnClimate
“Europe Becomes First Carbon-Positive Continent; Australia to Follow” “Sahara Desert Becomes World’s Largest Solar Energy Farm” “Pacific ‘Dead Zone’ Dead No Longer, International Clean-Up Efforts Succeed” “Solar Panel Installation, Repair Brings 1.2 Million Jobs to Former Manufacturing Towns” On June 12-14, 2019, I had the joy of experiencing the Sojourner’s Summit for Change, hosted at…
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Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
During the Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP)’s spring advisory committee meeting, we visited one of our newest grant partners, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) in Chicago. In this predominantly Mexican-American community, their office is located in the Little Village neighborhood and appears to be just another house on the block. When we walked in, the…
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New Resource Announcement: The Moving Forward Guide
We desire to live out our faith every day and to serve God and work for good, peace and justice in our communities. Now, our work has an added urgency. Climate change, as we now know, is not just a slow-moving shift in global temperature. It can manifest in a variety of ways. Our neighbors…