“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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Executive Director of Sunshine State Interfaith Power & Light discusses the process of adding photo voltaic (P.V.) solar panels to his roof—and why he felt called as a person of faith to make this change. By Rev. Andy Bell, M.Div., LCSW View and Print as PDF. Back in
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Poet Nancy Corson Carter takes us on a journey through five earth-caring poems ranging in mood from praising to elegiac to playful. Her poems are part of the Nov 2012–Jan 2013 issue “Hope for Eco-Activists: Discovering an Environmental Faith“. By Nancy Corson Carter, Ph.D. View and Print as PDF.
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The following are resources for exploring environmental spirituality and care for God’s creation. Congregations and faith leaders, be sure to note the worship resources. This eco-resource list is one way we can continue the conversation and learning begun in the Unbound Nov 2012–Jan 2013 issue, “Hope for Eco-Activists: Discovering an
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The following are ways you can put your environmental faith and care for God’s creation into action, both as individuals and as communities. Congregations and faith leaders, be sure to check out the ministry ideas. This eco-action list is one way we can live out the ideas shared in the
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By Rabbi Janet Madden View and Print as PDF. As descendants of Adam (whose name is related to Adamah, the Hebrew word for earth) and Eve (in Hebrew, Chava, which is related to the Hebrew word for life), human beings have been charged with the sacred responsibility
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