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It’s Time for a Franciscan Renaissance

Brian McLaren and Patrick Carolan
January 18, 2023
Church Life, Creation & Environment, General, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice, Revival, Theology
Editor's Note: This piece was originally published in TRENDS in Global Grassroots Organizing, December 2022 issue.  We live in a time of confli...

On Thanksgiving: An Honest Home in the Uncomfortable ‘Both’

Britney Winn Lee
November 23, 2022
Creation & Environment, General, Race
But this little plot of land, where my son swings from oak branches beside the bayou . . . where we make mashed potatoes for three instead of twenty-three . . . where I call home . . . is much more than just a settler's trophy. We live in Caddo territory, or so it was before the Treaty of Cession of 1835.

Apocalypse now: how historic floods are unveiling the exploitation of Appalachia

Rev. Bradley G. Davis
September 14, 2022
Creation & Environment
This article was originally published by Accidental Tomatoes I was five years old the first time I heard the term strip mining. I was with my mom a...

All Investment Has Impact—What Is Ours?

Mark Elsdon
February 18, 2022
Books, Church Life, Creation & Environment
The source of both money and water affects the health of what it does in the world. Brackish or polluted water from upstream will kill everything downstream. The same is true with money. The outflow of money is not only important; the source of that money is as well.

On Thanksgiving: An Honest Home in the Uncomfortable ‘Both’

Britney Winn Lee
November 24, 2021
Creation & Environment, General, Race
But this little plot of land, where my son swings from oak branches beside the bayou . . . where we make mashed potatoes for three instead of twenty-three . . . where I call home . . . is much more than just a settler's trophy. We live in Caddo territory, or so it was before the Treaty of Cession of 1835.

Stewards of Our Home: A Litany for Our Interdependent Relationship with All of Creation

Kaitlin Curtice
November 2, 2021
Creation & Environment, Global, Practical Justice
To be a true steward of a truly hospitable home means we must remember that sacredness.

Money and Activism: Faith-Fueled Investing to Fight Climate Change

Julia Camenisch
October 14, 2021
Creation & Environment, Global, Practical Justice
As someone who has been in advocacy work for a while, I’ve begun to wonder how much all this 'righteous anger' accomplishes if we don’t learn to examine our own ethical choices as well. 

In Opposition of the Line 3 Pipeline

Brian McLaren
September 16, 2021
Creation & Environment, Global, Practical Justice
Now, four years later, I want to follow up the heartfelt message of that video by expressing my public opposition to the Line 3 pipeline — and by asking you to add your voice as well. 

Women of Faith Can Help Advance Climate Justice

Elizabeth Chun Hye LEE
September 13, 2021
Creation & Environment, Practical Justice, Women
Even though I am not a climate scientist, I recognize that the climate crisis is an existential threat impacting all of creation. As a woman and a person of faith, I have a unique responsibility to act.

A Love Song for the Long-Haul: LA UMC Pastors on Hurricane Ida Aftermath

Britney Winn Lee
September 10, 2021
Church Life, Creation & Environment, Practical Justice
The journey ahead is complex and rightly so—filled with both triage and rehab efforts, insurance claims and bucket truck parades, adrenaline highs and compassion fatigue, questions about climate change and environmental refugees, retelling the story, and sharing the load again and again and again.
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