The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program has created a bulletin insert and resource about the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. The bulletin insert includes prayers about the oil spill, facts about the disaster, and ideas for related study. To…
Read more »Mountaintop removal coal mining not only affects the mountains; it affects communities and relationships in them. This was the resounding message that I took from Deep Down: A Story from the Heart of Coal Country, a documentary by Jen Gilomen…
Read more »Prayer: As the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico continues, Creation Hope has a new project called Oil Spill Prayer, which is asking that people commit to pray about the oil spill. You can commit to prayer, share prayers,…
Read more »Over the past several days I have seen a lot of helpful resources about and responses to the BP Oil Spill that is ongoing in the Gulf of Mexico. Many of these reflections focus on the need for limiting our…
Read more »As the oil spill continues in the Gulf of Mexico, I feel a bit stuck. I cannot remember such an ongoing environmental disaster. And what can I do? As much as I’d like to grab a bottle of Dawn off…
Read more »It seems that there is always contradictory news to report. I smiled as I read the headline this morning that the country’s first offshore wind farm had been approved. This is a good step forward in creating more renewable energy…
Read more »Stewardship of the Land: a Christian Community Gathering will take place on May 21-23 at Bluestone Camp and Retreat near Hinton, West Virginia. This weekend retreat will include workshops, discussions, outdoor activities, and worship that will inspire us to act…
Read more »Earth Day takes place each year on April 22. PC(USA) churches are encouraged to celebrate Earth Day Sunday the Sunday before or after Earth Day to remember the glory of God’s creation and to explore how we can serve as…
Read more »Recently I stumbled upon Anna Lappè and Bryant Terry’s book Grub. Over the past few months I had been learning a lot about our food system and trying to integrate what I was learning into my life by changing the…
Read more »As we hold the mining communities affected by the recent mining tragedy in Montcoal, WV in our thoughts and prayers, let us note the following actions that hold hope for bringing change to communities that are affected by mountaintop removal…
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