Climate Change Is Not Fiction, but There Is Good Fiction about It
Maybe it’s because I began professional life as an English literature teacher, but I love reading novels and short stories. So, if you are ready for stories rather than depressing…
Extinction
There have been five mass extinctions in the history of our planet where more than 75% of species are lost. There were many causes—continental drift, asteroid impacts, simultaneous volcanic eruptions,…
Fossil Fuel’s Fight to Slow Climate Action
It’s all coming out into the open now. For decades fossil fuel companies have known about the disastrous effects their products would have on the earth’s climate. Instead of figuring…
Trans Faith Matters Event on October 24th
Trans Faith Matters, an interfaith event inspired by the religious movement for LGBTQ equality and by the generosity of local congregations, will be held at Congregation Tifereth Israel on October…
Children and Climate Change
by Elliott J Bush The Social Science Research Network has recently published a study raising deep concern about the effect the climate crisis is having on young people. “Young People's…
Upcoming Forum on October 13 at 2:00 PM: Housing & ID – Helping Our Unhoused Neighbors
Affordable housing is an endemic need in Columbus, and we at St. Stephen's know many people who struggle to find housing. Some of our unhoused friends are kept on the…
I Bought an Electric Car
Readers can tell by past articles that I believe that individual efforts for Creation Care can make a difference. Of course, governments need to make the greatest difference with policies…
Climate Change Jargon
Many people don’t understand key terms experts use to talk about climate change, according to a recent study from researchers affiliated with the United Nations Foundation and the University of…
“The climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis”
Last Sunday I was moved by reading the “The Forward to a Report by UNICEF:“The climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis,” written by youth members of Friday For Future,…
It’s Time to Act
We have had a month of heat wave disasters in the United States and Canada and a month of flood disasters in Europe. Scientists are in general agreement that these…