An abbreviated version of a sermon delivered on Yom Kippur By Rabbi Kevin Kleinman, Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel View and Print as PDF. It was just after midnight in Canyon City, Colorado. We pulled the van off the road next to a clearing alongside the Arkansas River and
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The Ethical Dilemma of Invasive Species for a Christian Ecologist By Jeffrey Reed View and Print as PDF. The Ash Wednesday liturgy is among my favorites of the entire Christian calendar. That might seem odd given the somber, even morbid tone of the service. And yet I find
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Creating Religious Environmental Leaders By Harold R. Talbot View and Print as PDF. “Imagine a world where in every community religious leaders speak as influentially on the environment as they do on other issues… where houses of worship use renewable energy, produce no solid waste, press for clean-ups
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A prayer reminding us that, even as we seek hope, we must make space for grieving, for the honest expression of loss, pain, and anger. This prayer is part of the Nov 2012 – Jan 2013 issue, “Hope for Eco-Activists: Discovering an Environmental Faith“. By Jessica Abell View and Print
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By Russ Pierson View and Print as PDF. A generation ago, J.B. Phillips famously wrote a book that warned, “Your God is Too Small.” In an environmental age, it has become clear that, if Phillips’ indictment is correct, it may be because the Gospel we share has
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“In Sabbath-keeping we become more ourselves, not less.” –Eugene Peterson, from his foreword to by Matthew Sleeth, MD By Matthew Sleeth View and Print as PDF. A decade ago, I was chief of staff of a hospital and director of emergency services. Taking care of sick people is
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A New Earth Care Hymn from Carolyn Winfrey Gillette FOREST GREEN CMD (“All Beautiful the March of Days”) O God, Creator of all things, the earth belongs to you! In love, you place it in our hands and give us work to do. “Take care of what is mine!”
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By Andrew Plocher View and Print as PDF. Most of us who consider ourselves environmentalists can tell you love stories about God’s creation. For each of us the stories are a little different, but ultimately we have hopelessly and beautifully fallen in love. For me, I fell
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Lessons from Faith-Based Community Organizing for Eco-Justice in Chicago By Clare Butterfield, Director of Faith in Place View and Print as PDF. Anyone who follows the environmental movement, whether sympathetically or critically, can hardly miss that its principle demographic is white, middle class, generally well-educated people. If the
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“I want… that wherever you go, the least plant may bring you a clear remembrance of the Creator… one blade of grass or one speck of dust is enough to occupy your entire mind in beholding the art with which it has been made.” —St. Basil the Great By Abby
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