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Celebrate the Season of Creation
In the month of September, the Season of Creation is celebrated in churches around the world. The first Season of Creation was celebrated in 2000, under Norman Habel’s leadership at St Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Adelaide, South Australia…
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Extreme Heat Across the Country: How to Protect Your Community
Across the western region of the United States, the dreaded “Heat Dome” is once again taking shape. Beginning Tuesday, June 11th, heat warnings have been posted for around 20 million residents living within California’s central valley and Southwestern cities…
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Why Reading Books on Climate Change Is Important for Children
It’s important to read books on climate change to children. Why? Climate change is already happening and impacting children. Children can see it in their everyday lives. Weather extremes — heat, floods, and drought — cause school closings, food shortages, and health issues…
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Evangelical Christians Take Action Toward Creation Care
Evangelical Environmental Network CEO, Mitch Hescox, a pastor and former coal worker, knows a thing-or-two about Christian attitudes on climate change. His recent adoption of the term ‘evangelical environmentalist’, coupled with his creation care sentiments, have compelled him to traverse the US, time and time again. By speaking directly with church congregations about depoliticizing the…
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Expanding Faith Beyond the Church to All of God’s Creations
Protecting the environment is not only our civic duty, it is a ‘sacred trust’ bestowed by God, according to Gary Payton. He explains, “If we use rules to respect and restrain ourselves in manmade places of worship, we should be able to do the same to protect the sacred space of creation around us.” For…
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Innovative Solar Project Helps Cement Faith and Climate Link
“It is so much more than about raising money. It is about doing the right thing by our faith. Embracing renewable energy demonstrates a love of God and of creation. It also reminds us that our energy choices impact the poor and vulnerable not only in the San Joaquin Valley but around the world.” –…
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Latinos, Faith, and the Real Cost of Climate
“¿Cuánto cuesta?” asks Blessed Tomorrow Executive Committee member and National Latino Evangelical Coalition President Rev. Dr. Gabriel Salguero in a recent op-ed for The Huffington Post. In English, “How much does it cost?” In response to climate solutions, such as proposed EPA carbon regulations on power plants, some have said that acting on climate will hurt minority communities and the most vulnerable. In…
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Faith Communities Join the International Call for Climate Action
People of faith have always played a crucial role in the success of moral movements within the United States, from abolition, to civil rights, to the endangered species act. At Climate Week in New York City this September, this tradition continues. On Sept. 23, leaders from around the world will gather in New York City at the…
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Making the Evangelical Case for Climate Action
A recent article in the Boston Globe features Dr. Dorothy Boorse, a biology professor at a Christian evangelical school, Gordon College, in Wenham, Massachusetts. Dr. Boorse helps to break the stereotype that the evangelical community is anti-science and skeptical of climate change. In fact, she helped to produce “Loving the Least of These” with the National Association of Evangelicals, a study guide…
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NRCCC Releases Interfaith Climate Statement
The National Religious Coalition on Creation Care, a Blessed Tomorrow partner, has produced a powerful new interfaith statement on climate change. The statement demonstrates how people of faith from many different traditions have united around climate change as a moral responsibility. In addition to laying how the world is changing because of climate, it calls…
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3 Faith & Climate Takeaways From the Sojourners Summit
Earlier this month, I attended the first annual Sojourners Summit, a national gathering of over 300 prominent faith leaders that included an outstanding list of speakers, discussions, and trainings. The summit addressed social justice challenges many faith communities are championing, such as immigration, mass incarceration, and international development. Right alongside these issues on the agenda…
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Don’t Just Recycle, Do Something!
"As faith leaders, it is time to organize and mobilize. We have the largest networks of people trying to do what is right of any organizations in the world," says, Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson (a member of the Blessed Tomorrow Executive Committee and moderator of the Metropolitan Community Church) in a recent op-ed about faith and climate for The Huffington Post. …
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A Pastor’s Perspective on Climate Change
For many people, climate is abstract. But for Rev. Dr. Salguero, it’s personal. In a recent op-ed for The Huffington Post, Rev. Dr. Salguero (a member of the Blessed Tomorrow Executive Committee and president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition) explains how has seen climate’s impacts firsthand in the faces of the poor and vulnerable in New York where he helped…
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Leaders From Across the Nation Join MomentUs Summit to Take Action on Climate Change
A diverse group of high-profile leaders including climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People,” are joining more than 140 leaders from faith, business, health, education and communities to develop actionable solutions to climate change at the MomentUs Leadership Summit on May 21 and 22 in Chicago. “We need American…