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October 2026

October 12, 2026

Love Your Neighbor – Including Earth-Kin: Lev. 19, Matt. 22

God’s command to love your neighbor means acting in an ethical and loving way toward...

September 2026

September 12, 2026

Preaching About Climate Change: What Clergy Need Most

What do clergy need when preaching about climate change? We listened to our EcoPreachers; here...

March 2026

March 22, 2026

An Ecological Stations of the Cross, 2026

Eco-anxiety and eco-grief are on the rise. As war, species extinction, habitat loss, deforestation, and...

February 2026

February 19, 2026

For God So Loved the World: Creation and John 3:16

John 3:16, “For God so loved the world,” is the most beloved passages of Christian...

December 2025

December 12, 2025

Paz en la Tierra y CON la Tierra: La Navidad, Salmos 96 y 97

Aquí hay ideas para leer y predicar los salmos 96 y 97, para la Nochebuena...

April 2025

April 21, 2025

Legacy of Pope Francis Galvanizes Environmental Movement

The poetic timing of the death of Pope Francis between Easter and Earth Day is...

April 14, 2025

Ministering through Climate Grief: An Earth Day Reflection

If Earth Day 2025 feels sad and ominous to you, you're not alone. Here’s how...

March 2025

March 07, 2025

Trump Comes for the Trees: A Furious, Faithful Lament

Trump comes for the trees by ordering the ecocide of 280 million acres of forests....

December 2023

December 12, 2023

A Poemish Prayer (or Prayerish Poem) for Advent & Christmas

Contemplative verses for Advent and Christmas in the face of those intent on crushing and...

December 05, 2023

Repairing and Restoring Earth in Advent: Isaiah 61, John 1

In Advent, God gives us a vision of restoration for both human and Earth communities.

December 12, 2021

Peace On Earth and WITH Earth: Christmas, Psalm 96 and 97

Psalm 96 and 97 depict Earth has having agency, voice, and . . . dance? Yes!...

December 24, 2020

The Perfect Christmas for an Imperfect Time

It was not the perfect Christmas. This was not the way things were supposed to...

December 20, 2020

Magnificat: Mary and the Refusal to be Small for Insecure, Fearful Men

Mary's “Magnificat" forces us to face our attitudes about women and how we treat them....

December 29, 2019

The Slaughter of the Holy Innocents – Don’t Look Away

We would like to avoid the story about the Slaughter of the Holy Innocents. But here...

December 26, 2019

Herod and Trump – Different Times, Same Story

It turns out Herod and Trump share much of the same backstory, qualities, and characteristics....

December 22, 2019

Joseph and Jesus: Honoring the Non-traditional Parent

Joseph has a minor role in the Christmas story. But the relationship between Joseph and...

December 19, 2019

Round Yon Joseph, Father and Child

I’ve been thinking more about the Christmas story from Joseph’s point of view after having...

December 01, 2019

Imagine the Child – Reflection from Rev. Fred Small

Rev. Fred Small invites us to imagine the child affected by the climate crisis and...

December 13, 2018

And on Earth – Peace: A Christmas Eve Ecological Reflection

What would it mean for peace to be not just on Earth, as if it...

December 26, 2017

Watch Night with Simeon and Anna: Recommit to Racial Justice in 2018

As a white clergy person, I had to learn the history of the Watch Night...

December 23, 2017

Christmas Birthday: Letter to My Son, Born on Christmas Day

My son has a Christmas Birthday. I imagined Mary writing a letter to her son...

December 22, 2017

Mary Ponders: Part Two, A Christmas Reflection

Mary ponders. It is not just Mary’s body that has brought together heaven and earth,...

December 18, 2017

Mary, Pondering and God-bearing: Part One

Mary ponders. She’s a thinking, feeling, turning-things-over-in-her-mind kind of gal. I like those qualities in...