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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...

April 2026

April 15, 2026

Can Preachers Talk About Climate Change?

Can preachers talk about climate change without using that exact term? How to navigate pushback...

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 05, 2026

Ash Wednesday: Fasting for Earth, Resistance and Liberation

Ash Wednesday and Lent can be a time of collective fasting for Earth as a...

April 2025

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...

October 2023

October 20, 2023

Who Is My Neighbor in Creation? Mapping Exercise for Clergy, Congregations

Want to help your church connect with God’s Creation? Try the “Who Is My Neighbor...

March 2023

March 19, 2023

Yearning for an Asbury Revival of a Different Kind: Creation, Faith, and Justice

The Asbury Revival may be over, but a hike on the Asbury Trails left me...

March 07, 2023

Ecological Stations of the Cross, 2023

Here is a liturgical resource for Christians to practice an Ecological Stations of the Cross...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

Choose Life for Earth, Choose Earth for Life — Deuteronomy 30:15-20

What does it mean to “choose life” in an age of eco-cide? In Deut. 30:15-20,...

August 02, 2022

ECO-WEDDING LITURGY: Ideas for a Creation-Centered Wedding

Looking to design an eco-wedding liturgy? Here are ideas for Creation-centered wedding vows, ring blessings,...

June 2022

June 13, 2022

The Volcanic Warning – and Promise – of Micah 1:1-7, 2:12-13

What can we learn from the prophet Micah and his "volcanic" warnings - and promise...

May 2022

May 24, 2022

Justice for Creation is Justice for People: Psalm 97

Ideas for reading and preaching Psalm 97 with an eye toward environmental justice and human...

May 09, 2022

A New Heaven and a New Earth? Revelation 21:1-6

Ideas for reading and preaching about “a new heaven and earth” in Revelation 21:1-6 using...

January 2022

January 18, 2022

God’s Creation PREACHES! Psalm 19 Links Nature and Torah

God’s Creation preaches? How can this be? We have to tune our eyes, ears, hearts,...

November 2021

November 09, 2021

Thanksgiving, Manna, and “Just Enough”: Exodus 16:13-21

Ideas for reading and preaching Exodus 16:31-21 for a Thanksgiving sermon or reflection. The key...

November 02, 2021

Grieving Extinct Species on All Saints Day

Can we make room on All Saints Day to remember species that have been listed...

October 2021

October 25, 2021

How to Love God in the Land Flowing with Milk and Honey

The Israelites faced the same challenge we do -- how to protect the land flowing...

September 2021

September 20, 2021

Beware the Mob of Insatiable Appetites: Numbers 11 Through a Green Lens

Never enough quail! EcoPreacher 1-2-3 sermon helps for preaching Numbers 11:4-35 using a green lens....

August 2021

August 25, 2021

Food & Faith: Preaching Deuteronomy 4 Through a Green Lens

You are what you eat & how we steward our food reflects our faith. Here...

April 2021

April 22, 2021

Eco Bible: A Must-Have Jewish Ecological Commentary on Genesis and Exodus

Eco Bible Volume 1 is a must-have commentary on 450 verses of Genesis and Exodus...

September 2020

September 01, 2020

September Mourn: Lament and Love Meet Covid19, Climate & Racism

Clinging to love and lament during this September Mourn, here are the words I want...

August 2020

August 02, 2020

The Butterfly Effect – Harnessing the Wind of Tiny Wings

God is harnessing the wind of our tiny wings. We are part of a “butterfly effect”...

July 2020

July 26, 2020

The Heart of the Earth: Jesus, Land, and Hope

For three days and three nights the Son of Man was in the heart of...

July 20, 2020

Finding Eden’s Forests in the Midst of COVID19

The forests of Kentucky offer my children and me a refuge of safety, beauty, and...

May 2020

May 18, 2020

Why You Should Watch the Festival of Homiletics Online

The theme of the Festival of Homiletics this year is "Preaching a New Earth: Climate...

April 2020

April 20, 2020

10 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day at Home

In the time of the coronavirus pandemic, here 10 ways to commemorate the 50th Anniversary...

February 2020

February 24, 2020

Soil + Breath = Life. Ash Wednesday Reflection

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of our Lenten journey. It is a time to return...

February 20, 2020

Creation-centered Spiritual Practices Focus Our Lenten Journey

For the Beauty of the Earth: A Lenten Devotional has spiritual practices that help us...

February 19, 2020

Churches Can Connect Faith and Creation Care for Lent

As we prepare for Lent and Easter, as well as the 50th Anniversary of Earth...

February 18, 2020

Focus on God’s Creation for Your Lenten Journey

How can For the Beauty of the Earth be used as a congregational resource this...