Gratitude & an update on Standing Rock
An update from Rev Brooks Berndt, United Church of Christ Minister for Environmental Justice,...
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The Naked Truth: Climate Change and the Coming Trump Administration
You can cross-file it under “strange” and “prophetic ,” but the Bible tells us that the...
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In a church newsletter, my pastor recently cited a discussion she heard between the columnists E.J....
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From Flint and Standing Rock: Water Is Life
The organizers for the International Days of Prayer and Action with Standing Rock on October...
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When the Floods Come: A Good Samaritan or a Sadist?
The parable of the Good Samaritan presents us with two possible responses to suffering. There are...
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Must We Perish?: Infrastructure and Climate Change
The Fourth in a Series on Infrastructure Justice In the poetic lyricism of the King James Bible,...
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Race and the Miner’s Canary Revisited: Water Injustice in the US
The Third in a Series on Infrastructure Justice Some years ago, legal scholars Lani Guinier and...
Read MoreWhat Is Creation Justice and Why Does It Rock?
Written by Shantha Ready Alonso and Brooks Berndt For some, the phrase “creation justice” can...
Read MoreClimate Change from an International Perspective: An Interview with Dan Spencer
Dan Spencer is a professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Montana. Spencer is an...
Read MoreNot a Sexy Problem, but a Scary One
The Second in a Series on Infrastructure Justice Try a new experiment today: Every time you use the...
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Infrastructure Justice: An Overdue Movement Whose Time Has Come
The First in a Series on Infrastructure Justice In the Bible, the physical state of a nation at...
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The UCC’s First Creation Justice Church!
In March, the UCC launched a new program called Creation Justice Churches. While “green church”...
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To mark Earth Day and save the planet, join the movement to keep 80% of fossil fuels in the...
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Three Things You Can Do for Flint
A few days ago the grassroots leadership in Flint began circulating the following list of...
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A Pope and a Prophet: Desmond Tutu as a Champion for Climate Justice
While Pope Francis has inspired some progressive Christians, he has also sparked mixed feelings, if...
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My “Conversation” with the Pope: Ecumenical Bonding over Creation Care and Coffee
In his encyclical on the environment, the pope says that he wants to be in “dialogue with all...
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A day of listening to mark Katrina’s 10th anniversary
As the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, an implied question arises from the...
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