COP 27 Week 2
In this second week of the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) the reports keep coming in. If you first…
COP 27 Underway
This week, Egypt is hosting the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27). One thing is clear. Climate reparations is the…
Preparing for COP 27
This week, Egypt will host the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27), with a view to building on previous successes…
How to Stop Using Plastic at Home – Part 2: Let’s Go Shopping!: Cleaning
Joseph Winters writes in Grist: “As the plastics industry ramps up production, plastic pollution continues to accumulate in the environment at an alarming pace. Up to 199 million metric tons…
Food, Clothing, and Toiletries Drives to Help Our Community
At Saint Stephen's, we do a lot for our community! Currently we are collecting goods for four separate agencies that help our neighbors. Use the handy chart below to figure…
How to Stop Using Plastic at Home – Part 2: Let’s Go Shopping!: Totes
Plastic is poison. Producing plastic produces poison. This is not to say that we should stop using plastic altogether. There are many important uses for plastic in medicine and industry.…
How to Stop Using Plastic at Home – Part 1
So. Plastic is poison. Producing plastic produces poison. This is not to say that we should stop using plastic altogether. There are many important uses for plastic in medicine and…
Another Kind of Plastic Poison
Ingesting nanoplastics and chemicals from plastic are not the only way that plastics are poisoning us. The manufacture of plastic by the petrochemical industry is another source of poison. Petrochemical…
Plastic Is Poisoning Us – Literally
The more studies are published, the more it is clear that our most common plastics are really bad for human health. Take plastic water bottles. Plastic drinking bottle contain BPA…
Jesus: Financial Advisor
Last Sunday I had the privilege to preach on Luke 16:1-13, that puzzling parable about a house-manager who seems to be giving away his master’s money when he is fired.…