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February 2020

February 27, 2020

Race, Faith, and the Climate Movement: Interview with Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr.

Rev. Lennox Yearwood reflects on the power of faith to address the intersections of race...

February 25, 2020

“Green” Black History Month: Spotlight on Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley

Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley, a veteran of both the Civil Rights Movement and the Climate...

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 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...

January 2020

January 20, 2020

Is Your Dream Too Small? Or Too Big? A Rabbi, MLK, and a Revelation of Love

Following God’s call can be exhausting and depleting. Isaiah 49:1-7 shows us sometimes we dream...

January 05, 2020

Light, Not Heat: Epiphany for a Burning World

Antisemitism. Impending war with Iran. Australian fires and the climate crisis. Yes, the story of...

January 02, 2020

Rooted and Rising for Climate Action in 2020

Read a chapter a day in Rooted and Rising to give you the spiritual resilience...

January 01, 2020

December 2019

December 30, 2019

Greta Thunberg Compels Us All to Be Prophets

Greta Thunberg is Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2019. This teenage climate activist...

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...

November 2019

November 29, 2019

Jesus, Apocalyptic Discourse, and the Climate Crisis: Ideas for Preaching Matthew 24:36-44

A sermon on Matthew 24:36-44 can explore the image of the church as an "ark"...

November 28, 2019

American Indians & Indigenous Peoples Don’t Owe You Hope: Interview with Tink Tinker

When it comes to the climate crisis, Tink Tinker reminds us we cannot appropriate hope...

November 27, 2019

Rooted and Rising in Advent – 28 Days for Connecting with Earth

Rooted and Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis has 28 short essays...

November 22, 2019

NEW BOOK: Rooted and Rising – Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis

I'm excited to announce the publication of Rooted and Rising: Voices of Courage in a...

September 2019

September 24, 2019

We Will NEVER Forgive You: Greta Thunberg, Climate, and the Unforgivable Sin

Greta Thunberg convicts us and compels us. If we are wise, we will recognize the...

September 20, 2019

Gleaning, Youth Climate Strike, and Justice: Golden Apples in the Sun

While we gleaned apples, others marched in the Youth Climate Strike. Gleaning and climate action...

August 2019

August 04, 2019

Blackjewel and the Rich Fool: A Parable for Our Time

Blackjewel is a coal company that abruptly filed for bankruptcy leaving hundreds of miners in...

April 2019

April 05, 2019

Turning Earth into Golgotha – We Need an Eco-Resurrection

Jesus was executed at Golgotha – the trash dump outside the city of Jerusalem. Today, we...

March 2019

March 19, 2019

Will God Forgive Us? ‘First Reformed’ Film Review

The movie First Reformed portrays negative stereotypes about both Christianity in America and environmental activists....

January 2019

January 14, 2019

From Eco-Crucifixion to Eco-Resurrection

Lexington Theological Seminary is now a Green Chalice seminary. We're striving to be part of...

December 2018

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...

October 2018

October 13, 2018

7-Day Vegan Challenge: A Week No Animals Will Suffer By My Menu

I’m starting the 7-Day Vegan Challenge tomorrow. A week without any animal products in my...

October 10, 2018

I Want Jesus to Let Me Off the Hook: The Rich Young Man and Me

I want Jesus to let me off the hook. Me and the rich young man. ...

October 05, 2018

Preaching as Resistance: Encountering Pharaoh—and Climate Change

This sermon is part of Phil Snider's important new anthology of 30 sermons entitled "Preaching...

August 2018

August 22, 2018

Trump’s ‘Affordable Clean Energy’ Rule is a Death Sentence

Trump’s EPA has issued a death sentence for thousands of Americans with its deceitfully-named 'Affordable...

August 10, 2018

The Pietà of a Mother Orca: Carrying the Grief of an Eco-Crucifixion

Watching the orca whale known as Tahlequah carry the body of her calf hundreds of...

July 2018

July 26, 2018

Forest Therapy: Healthy Trees, Healthy People, Healthy Faith, Wk. 8

Have you heard of 'forest therapy? Developed in Japan, the practice of walking in the...

July 18, 2018

The Secret Speech of Trees: Healthy Trees, Healthy People, Healthy Faith, Wk. 7

In this week’s devotional, “The Secret Speech of Trees,” we learn that trees can communicate...

July 11, 2018

Breathing Trees: Healthy Trees, Healthy People, Healthy Faith, wk. 6

In this week’s devotional, “Breathing Trees,” we learn that there is a sacred exchange between...