Digital Potluck: Plant-Lover’s Pizza
After the first month of pandemic living, I became obsessed with trying to re-create from home my...
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VOTE JUSTICE
When it comes to the future of the planet and the welfare of communities in the face of...
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Resources for Discussing the Rights of Nature
In October of 2020, the Federated Church of Marlborough, New Hampshire is proposing to the Annual...
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The UCC as a Green Denomination Full of Potential
Survey Findings The findings of a recent survey indicate that the UCC is a notably green...
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The Food System in a Kairos Moment
The following is a statement from the Food Justice Affinity Group of the UCC's Council for Climate...
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The Wisconsin Conference Embraces Call to Action
On June 6th, the Annual Meeting of the UCC's Wisconsin Conference voted that their congregations...
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It’s Up to Us to End This
"Another man was lynched today" posts filled my timeline once again. Another African descended...
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For November… Organize Now!
A few weeks ago I attended a community meeting as my home state of Ohio prepared for a...
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Connecting the Coronavirus and Climate Change
The following remarks were offered as part of a webinar panel on the coronavirus and the climate...
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Striking for a Future: A Play
As a resource for congregations, William Bross and the Rev. Cheryl Frank have authored a play...
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Mobilizing with Films, Biscuits, and Popcorn
Despite a brief "North Carolina blizzard" earlier that morning, on Saturday, February 29th, about...
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Heading For Extinction (And What We Can Do About It): An Extinction Rebellion Presentation
Extinction Rebellion NYC is forming affinity groups with members of the United Church of Christ....
Read MoreSermon: Healing Creation
Sermon Scripture: Job 12:7-10; Romans 8:18-25 (A verse from a hymn I learned as a child…) Our God...
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Cathedral on Fire!: A Church Handbook for the Climate Crisis
The urgency of the climate crisis requires that we act as if our cathedrals and churches are on...
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Spiritual Ecology: Environmental Organizations as “Climate Churches”
For several years, I have viewed environmental organizations as spiritual communities, whose...
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The Cancer Threat Story That People of Faith Need to Know
One of the most significant environmental justice stories of this past year is that of ethylene...
Read MoreOur Window of Opportunity: A Time to Act
A liturgical resource for congregations undertaking focused on Kairos mobilization. Based on Luke...
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Downton Abbey and the Divided World of the Climate Crisis
After much anticipation, the Downton Abbey movie has arrived. For six seasons, beginning in 2011,...
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A Climate Kairos Confession
A Kairos moment may be pregnant with possibilities or stillborn with paralysis. Christians use the...
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Suffering from Climate Burnout? Learn from a Burnt Out Moses
After a couple of recent conversations with friends who confided that they were suffering from...
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