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October 2022

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...

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....

July 2020

July 28, 2020

#CloudOfClergy: The Many Ways Faith Leaders Show Up for Justice

The #CloudOfClergy is everywhere! Whether on the front lines, in communities, or houses of worship, their...

July 04, 2020

Announcing: Clergy Emergency League! Resist, Reclaim, Renew

Announcing the official launch of the Clergy Emergency League (CEL)! We support and challenge clergy...

June 2020

June 02, 2020

Trump Invades Church with Military Force. Christians Must Speak Out!

Trump invades church, violates separation of church and state. Christians must speak out!

May 2020

May 31, 2020

Will White Churches Find Their Pentecost Courage?

Will white churches find their Pentecost courage for justice, peace, repentance, and restoration?

May 17, 2020

Obama’s Commencement Speech is for All of Us

I watched Obama's commencement speech with my teen-aged daughter. Here's what she and I heard,...

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...

August 2019

August 19, 2019

Sometimes Following Jesus Means NOT Being Neutral (Guest Sermon)

Is it possible to be neutral about starvation? Or lead pollution in public housing? Or...

August 03, 2019

Dialogical Lens for Preaching Luke 12:13-21, the Rich Fool

Using a dialogical lens in a sermon on the Parable of the Rich Fool in...

October 2018

October 21, 2018

Confessing the Sins of Ethical Eating: Vegan Challenge Devotional, Day 5

This is Day Five of my week-long devotional for the 7-Day Vegan Challenge. You can read...

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...

June 2018

June 24, 2018

What Child Would Jesus Cage? Christians Join Rally for Protecting Immigrant Families

What child would Jesus cage? For our seminary students, the rally for immigrant families was...

June 07, 2018

We Intend to Be Heard: Poor People’s Campaign Denied Access in Kentucky

June 4 marks the first time a Poor People's Campaign group was denied entrance into...

March 2018

March 31, 2018

The Stations of the Cross, a City Park, and Justice

Cold gray rain dripped down our hoods and umbrellas as the gathering of Christians moved...

January 2018

January 14, 2018

To Understand Martin Luther King Jr., Read Howard Thurman

The sermons, essays, and speeches of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are a...

December 2017

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...

September 2017

September 26, 2017

Shoes in the Vineyard: Immigration and Jesus’ Parable

How Jesus' parable about the workers in the vineyard has shaped my perspective about immigration,...

August 2017

August 19, 2017

How to Preach When You Are Afraid

Here’s the truth many clergy have shared with me – they're afraid to preach about...

August 15, 2017

8 Ways to Preach About Charlottesville, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice – REVISED

Here are 8 ways to preach about Charlottesville by crafting a sermon that confronts the...

May 2017

May 24, 2017

Jonah, Ninevites, and Climate Change: EcoPreacher Guest Sermon

Carol Devine is the second-place winner of the 2017 EcoPreacher Earth Day Sermon Contest. Her...

April 2017

April 29, 2017

Why Changing Light Bulbs May Be Hurting the Climate Movement

Ecological works righteousness is undermining our cause. What Martin Luther, the abolitionist movement, and science...

April 28, 2017

Climate March: What Can A Person of Faith Do About Climate Change?

If you are a person of faith, you bring a much needed religious perspective to...

April 23, 2017

Is Earth Worth Dying For? A Reflection on the Earth Martyrs

The faithfulness of the Earth Martyrs shows us that because Earth is worth dying for,...

April 18, 2017

Why I’m Not Just Preaching About Earth on Earth Day

When I was a pastor I would place a pot of soil, a watering can,...

April 16, 2017

Harnessing “The Butterfly Effect”: A Joint Book Review

Two books help us understand the interconnectedness of our consumption patterns, economic structures, and cultural...