By Stan Adamson View and Print as PDF. My love for the earth began with walks with my Uncle
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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
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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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“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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Una Mirada Eco-Teológica de la Mayordomía, la Eco-Justicia y la Eco-Espiritualidad This article is also available in English. Por: Rvda. Neddy Astudillo Un sentimiento inquieto sopla libre en estos días, mientras las palabras del Evangelio continúan proclamando: “Ve y comparte las Buenas Nuevas con toda la creación” (Marcos:
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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 is an adaptation from the chapter “The Sacred and the Commodified” in Larry Rasmussen’s newest book, Earth-Honoring Faith: Religious Ethics in a New Key, published by Oxford University Press in November, 2012. Larry will be the keynote speaker at the Presbyterians for Earth Care Conference in October
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