February 8-10, 2013 Organized by Interfaith Power & Light It’s time for the 2013 National Preach-In on Global Warming, Interfaith Power & Light’s biggest event of the year. On the weekend before Valentine’s Day, thousands of clergy, lay leaders, and other people of faith will speak of their abiding
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Poet John Jackson shares five creation poems as part of the Nov 2012–Jan 2013 issue “Hope for Eco-Activists: Discovering an Environmental Faith“. By John H. Jackson BONE TIRED Nature Bone tired weary From our Industrial assaults Ravenous greed The trees Have migraines Ocala 1993 WONDERING But now I am wondering
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Brief interviews on the relationship between environmental justice and issues like the Keystone XL Pipeline, a U.S. based smelter in Peru (a protest of which is pictured above), the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline, fracking, and destruction along the coast of Louisiana. By Rebecca Barnes-Davies, Associate for Environmental Ministries (PCUSA), with Leslie Woods,
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Psalmists declare to “let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!” Economists calculate the incredible value of the goods and services of the sea, such as food, flood protection, minerals and fossil fuels, and buffering of climate, in the tens of trillions of dollars. Over two million kinds
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Photography by Eleanor Bennett View the entire Nov 2012–Jan 2013 issue, “Hope for Eco-Activists: Discovering an Environmental Faith“ Eleanor Leonne Bennett is a 16 year old internationally award winning photographer and artist who has won first places with National Geographic,The World Photography Organisation, Nature’s Best Photography, Papworth
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“This song is for the parched masses: endangered creatures who have no voice and human beings with deserts in their throats.” Visit John Pitney’s website for more of his music and to purchase one of his three CDs. Words & Music by John Pitney Water Song reflections on psalm
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How would our churches and our prophetic ministry be different if we looked to God’s creation as a judge for what is appropriate and what is not? By John R. Preston View and Print as PDF. One Sunday, as an afterthought to Earth Day, I read a short
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How They Happen and Why They Work Congregationally based religious environmental groups expand the notion of Christian community and ethical obligation. Formed through shared ethical and theological commitments, group participants transform their physical communities through religious environmental practice, while being transformed through their participation in a unique embodiment of contextual
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Fertile ground for interfaith growth By Jessica Abell View and Print as PDF. Interfaith & Ecumenical Endeavors I went to seminary on Holy Hill in Berkeley, California. Holy Hill is the local name for the interfaith consortium of seminaries and theological centers of learning that make up the
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Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church, since its beginnings in 1896, has concerned itself with the social impact of living the Gospel of God. It has hosted local politicians of the City of Denver for dialogue, engaged in Sanctuary for Central American refugees, explored the injustices of the Near East, stood as
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