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December 20, 2012November 27, 2019

Environment/Winter 2013

Ocean: Deep Wonder, Deep Sorrow, Deep Hope

Psalmists declare to “let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!” Economists calculate the incredible value of the goods and

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November 25, 2012November 27, 2019

The Nature Quotient: Deep Ecology and Nature Deficit Disorder

By Stan Adamson View and Print as PDF. My love for the earth began with walks with my Uncle Lloyd in the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California. I was but five years old as we quietly

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December 18, 2013November 30, 2019

Borrowed Holy Land: The New Hymnal and Creation Justice

February 5, 2014November 27, 2019

Communion and Climate Change

Environment/Racial Justice

Don’t Display Your Solidarity, Express it!

November 30, 2016October 24, 2019

by Sung-Yeon-Choi-Morrow

9 mins read

Article originally published in the Presbyterian Outlook on November 15, 2016: https://pres-outlook.org/2016/11/dont-display-solidarity-express/ This is not a piece about Standing Rock and the water protectors. This is a reflection to expand the narrative of what happened during the clergy action visit to Standing Rock on November 3, 2016. For information about

Fall 2014

Celebrating 5 Years of Earth Care Congregations

September 22, 2014November 30, 2019

by Rebecca Barnes

3 mins read

This summer, 2014, marks the 5th year of certification for 14 of PC(USA)’s certified Earth Care Congregations. For five years, these churches have been growing ever deeper in their ministry and witness and for five years, the PC(USA) Earth Care Congregation continues to grow nationally. At 139 congregations as of

Environment/January Mini-Series 2014

Communion and Climate Change

February 5, 2014November 27, 2019

by Rebecca Barnes

13 mins read

This week’s mini-series is a collaborative effort with Ecclesio. Check out these and other articles at www.ecclesio.com. In our time of climate change, what does it mean to gather at the Table? Can our thanksgiving and intercession, our taking, blessing, breaking, and sharing bread, shape our response to the entire

Advent 2013 (Week 3)

Borrowed Holy Land: The New Hymnal and Creation Justice

December 18, 2013November 30, 2019

by Charles Freeman

13 mins read

Images of nature and creation in hymnody are hardly new. The psalms, among the earliest songs of God’s people, are replete with images and celebrations of God’s good creation, and as ancient a text as Francis of Assissi’s “All Creatures of Our God and King” (#15) contains an exhilarating richness

Environment/Fall 2013

Restore the Ecosystem and Restore Health – Lyme Disease on an Organic Farm

October 3, 2013November 27, 2019

by Thomas Spaulding

16 mins read

Bacteria soup is our home. The world around us and the world inside us are a made up of a complex web of microorganisms. Bacteria are more numerous in your body than human cells by a factor of more than 20 to 1. Likewise, just a handful of living soil

Fall 2013/The Arts

(Nothing But) Flowers – The Talking Heads

October 2, 2013November 27, 2019

by Ginna Bairby

3 mins read

In keeping with this week’s theme of eco-justice, the editors of Unbound would like to offer this tongue-in-cheek musical reflection by The Talking Heads about modern convenience, our consumerist society, and the earth. Keep in mind that this song and video were released in 1988 — the statistics given in

Fall 2013

Finding the Good News in the Ecological Crisis: An Immigrant’s Story

October 1, 2013November 27, 2019

by Neddy H. Astudillo

13 mins read

It is easier to join the environmental cause after being inspired by the beauty of the earth than through the ecological crisis alone, just as it may be easier to experience the Glory of God while looking at the stars above than that to perceive Christ’s Good News in the

Environment/The Arts/Winter 2013

“Fragile Eloquence” & Other Poems

December 20, 2012November 27, 2019

by John H. Jackson

5 mins read

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

Environment/Winter 2013

Ocean: Deep Wonder, Deep Sorrow, Deep Hope

December 20, 2012November 27, 2019

by William Seaman

46 mins read

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

Environment/Winter 2013

Photography: Reinvention

December 20, 2012November 27, 2019

by Eleanor Bennett

2 mins read

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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