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March 2024

March 07, 2024

A Seed of Grief and Hope: Preaching Ideas for John 12:20-33

Jesus’s teaching in John 12:20-33 about a seed dying in order to bear fruit can...

February 2024

February 08, 2024

God’s Rainbow is a Symbol for Peace with Creation

A rainbow is more than just prism droplets of light and color. It’s an eternal...

December 2023

December 27, 2023

Baptismal Water, Light, and Spirit: Our Ecological Vocation

Baptismal water, light, & Spirit call us into our vocation as Christians to protect God’s...

November 2023

November 13, 2023

Giving Thanks for God’s Creation: Deuteronomy 8, Luke 17

Giving thanks for God’s Creation is one way to live out our gratitude and reorient...

October 2023

October 22, 2023

Love Your Neighbor — Including Our Earth-kin: Lev. 19, Matt. 22

God’s command to love your neighbor extends to our neighbors in Creation, including the land,...

September 2023

September 17, 2023

Workers in the Vineyard and the Economy of Exploitation: Matthew 20:1-16

The parable of the workers in the vineyard holds a mirror up to the harsh...

July 2023

July 24, 2023

Gleaning Divine Abundance: Isaiah 55:1-5; Matthew 14:13-21

God invites us to participate in gleaning divine abundance from the Earth so that all...

July 08, 2023

A Divine Cycle of Reciprocity: Preaching The Parable of the Sower

God invites us into a divine cycle of reciprocity so that Creation, communities, and the...

June 2023

June 17, 2023

Prophets Fighting for Environmental Justice: Preaching Ideas for Jer. 20, Matt. 10

Faith leaders in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” show what it takes to stand against polluting industries...

May 2023

May 06, 2023

Nature Reveals the “Unknown God”: Acts 17:22-31; John 14:15-21

In Acts 17, Paul says the "unknown god" created everything. One of the best ways...

April 2023

April 09, 2023

Touching the Wounds of Our Planet: Thomas and Our Eco-Spiritual Crisis

Just as Jesus appeared to Thomas, the risen Christ come to us as we are...

April 08, 2023

Ecological Stations of the Cross: #7 – The tomb of mass extinction

During Holy Week, we remember that Jesus was laid in the tomb. Today we mourn...

April 07, 2023

Ecological Stations of the Cross: #6 – The Ruthless Death of Eco-Crucifixion

Jesus died a ruthless death in the crucifixion. This year, 43,000 animals died from a...

April 06, 2023

Ecological Stations of the Cross: #5 – Waste and trash pollute Earth’s body

Ecological Stations of the Cross #5. Jesus was stripped of his garments. Today, waste and...

April 05, 2023

Ecological Stations of the Cross: #4 – Weeping for Our Children and Creation

Ecological Stations of the Cross, #4. Luke 23:27-28. Weeping for our children and Creation in...

April 04, 2023

Ecological Stations of the Cross: #3 – Environmental racism

Simon of Cyrene carried Jesus’s cross. Today, communities of color bear of the brunt of...

April 03, 2023

Ecological Stations of the Cross: #2 – The Cross and Deforestation

In this second installment of the Ecological Stations of the Cross, we connect Jesus's death...

April 02, 2023

Ecological Stations of the Cross: #1 – Condemned to death

The Stations of the Cross take on new meaning when we consider the eco-crucifixion of...

March 2023

March 07, 2023

Ecological Stations of the Cross, 2023

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

February 2023

February 19, 2023

10 Principles for Environmental Preaching and Eco-Sermons

If you want to craft eco-sermons to be part of protecting and healing God's Creation,...

January 2023

January 03, 2023

A Theology of Water: Responding to Our Baptismal Vocation

The Sunday celebrating the Baptism of Jesus is an ideal time to articulate a theology...

November 2022

November 28, 2022

Advent & Environmental Repentance: Psalm 72, Matthew 3:1-12

During Advent, preachers can guide congregations to environmental repentance that brings about health & restoration...

November 21, 2022

How to Preach a Sermon about Climate Change and Your Congregation

Here is a basic form to preach a sermon about climate change that connects with...

October 2022

October 17, 2022

COP27 – Solidarity, Endurance for Climate Justice: Malachi 4, Luke 21

As world leaders & climate activists meet in November for the U.N.’s COP27, preachers &...

October 10, 2022

Be Persistent! Wrestling a Blessing for Eco-Justice: Genesis 32, Luke 18

Can we wrestle a blessing from our struggles for environmental justice? Two stories from Scripture...

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,...

July 2022

July 11, 2022

Honoring and Protecting the Oaks of Mamre: Genesis 18:1-10a

Here are ideas for reading and preaching Genesis 18:1-10a, the story of Abraham’s hospitality under...

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...

April 2022

April 06, 2022

Maundy Thursday and Passover: A Holy Eco-Connection

Here are ideas for reading and preaching Exodus 12:1-14 connecting Maundy Thursday and Passover from...