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UN Climate Negotiations and the People’s Climate March!

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See also Presbyterians March for Climate Justice from the PC(USA) Office of Public Witness! God has called us to be good stewards of the Earth and care for all of God’s creation, but carbon pollution from our favorite form of energy is fundamentally altering our climate. Together with our ecumenical

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Local Apocalypse

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Into the Storm, Twister, and the Problem of Nature as Adversary It is typical of popular entertainment to seek out seemingly unconquerable foes for its heroes to endure. From big-budget disaster movies to cheap ‘reality’ shows on television, one of the most reliable of such foes is nature itself. Hurricanes,

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“We Can Go Back Home for the First Time!”

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Climate Change in Scripture & WALL-E Looking for reasons that Christians should be concerned about climate change? Just open your Bible to where it all begins. The two creation stories that start the book of Genesis are different narratives, but both describe a Creator who crafts the world in a

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Questions in a Climate of Conflict

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Interviews with Facilitators and Participants in the Upcoming Climate of Conflict Trip to Peru Learn more about the Climate of Conflict trip to Peru here. Rev. Jed Koball Rev. Jed Koball is a PC(USA) mission co-worker who serves as the Presbyterian Hunger Program’s Facilitator for Joining Hands in Peru. He

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Confessions of the Rich (Wo)Man

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On Struggling to Give up my Carbon Addiction as an Act of Faith 17 As [Jesus] was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call

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Exxon Mobil and Me (and the BOP)

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Immediately before creating humans in Genesis 1, “God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the

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The Creation Waits

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Fossil Fuel Divestment at the 221st General Assembly Download this article as a PDF. On the bulletin board above my desk, I have an excerpt from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Book of Confessions: “God’s redeeming work in Jesus Christ embraces the whole of [our] life: social and cultural, economic and

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To Dust You Shall Return

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Climate Change and Christian Faith This week’s mini-series is a collaborative effort with Ecclesio. Check out these and other articles at www.ecclesio.com. Unbinding Creation: Children of Dust, Children of God, Ginna Bairby Climate change is a reality that simply cannot be denied any longer. 97% of scientists agree that the

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