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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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UCC Leader to Climate Leaders: The Church is a Steward of God’s Creation
The General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ took the stage at the American Climate Leadership Summit (ACLS19) on Thursday, calling on people of faith to be stewards of, not minions over, God’s creation. The Rev. John C. Dorhauer, part of a panel of four faith leaders called to share religious community commitments to…
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A Cookie Sale for Planet Earth
For Earth Sunday, Plymouth Church UCC of Shaker Heights, Ohio decided to undertake an activity to demonstrate how everyone—young or old—could do something to care for God’s creation. After worship, they had a cookie sale for planet earth with the belief that every bit counts, or in this case, every bite counts! Earlier that morning,…
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Next Generation Visualization
Delivered by Shantha Ready Alonso at the 2019 American Climate Leadership Summit. The Visualization was inspired by this year’s Earth Day Resource theme “Next Generation Rises”. Download the resource here. THE BOXLet’s begin by centering ourselves. If you are comfortable closing your eyes, you can shut them at this time. Or, as an alternative, relax your gaze…
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Blessed Tomorrow Carbon Offset Program
America’s faith communities care about God’s creation and are ready to act on climate solutions. Especially as Earth Day 2019 approaches, houses of worship are increasingly having conversations about climate within their congregations, and there is a robust trust in faith leaders as a source for information about a warming world. But faith leaders recognize…
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Resources for Refuge
Houses of worship serve as places of sanctuary for us to meet with God and unburden ourselves from our daily troubles. Around the world, when tragedies like war and natural disasters strike, they serve as places of refuge. Having resources ahead of time will help prepare your house of worship to be a place of…
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#ClimateStrike, Earth Day, and Intergenerational Justice
On March 15, 2019, the youth from over 2000 cities around the world went on strike to protest and raise awareness of the unique threat climate change poses to the younger generations. While many of those who benefitted from the misuse of natural resources will be dead before the worst effects of climate change arrive,…
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How One Congregation Responds to God’s Call for Creation Care
As a downtown church, Hillsborough Presbyterian Church has very little green space to work with. Their Earth Care Team, however, is dedicated to maximizing the use and natural beauty of every inch! First certified in 2013 as a PC(USA) Earth Care Congregation (ECC), this nearly 150-member church in North Carolina “responds to Jesus Christ’s call…
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Trusted Messengers, Trusted Messages
Of the over 327 million people residing in the United States of America, roughly 1 in 4 people — or just over 80.5 million — identify as evangelical Christians. More than half of this group rejects the notion that the activities of humans have caused climate change, either in part or in whole. The American…
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Presbytery of the Yukon and Caring for God’s Creation
I just returned a few weeks ago from a wonderful visit with Presbyterians in Alaska. The Presbytery of Yukon stretches from Anchorage all the way north and encompasses four language groups. We met in Palmer, AK (the potato capital for the state!) and enjoyed the great hospitality of the United Protestant Church (Presbyterian). I was…
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Turning Climate Panic Into Progress: Your Talking Points
If Americans are hearing anything about climate change, it is likely the bad news. Our planet and its oceans are warming faster than predicted, causing billion-dollar weather disasters, a myriad of health impacts, climate refugees and more, with little time to turn it around. Headlines from recent climate reports confirm that we have only a…
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Climate Attitudes Differ in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Living
Climate change impacts all Americans, but presents itself differently in every corner of the U.S., ranging from hurricanes to droughts, superstorms and Nor’easters. To inspire more Americans to engage on the issue, we need to meet them where they live — and relate our changing climate to the things they care about in their urban,…