Kenosis – The Spiritual Heart of Creation Care
“Kenosis” is one of those first century Greek words we use in our Christian spiritual life and worship, like “epiphany” and “eucharist.” Kenosis means “self-emptying” as praised in the ancient…
Needed for Creation Care: A Great Religious Awakening
How do we create the kind of changes that will keep our world’s climate at a tolerable level? Sallie McFague argues that it requires a world-wide cultural conversion, from consumerism…
Three Environmental Resolutions You Can Make for 2022
Happy New Year! I’m a committed environmentalist. But during the last few weeks I’ve often just let my standards lapse. Maybe that’s happened to you, too. Now, with the holiday…
Indigenous Peoples Lead the Way
For some years now Indigenous Americans have led the way in de-mythologizing our national Thanksgiving holiday. Since 1970, when a Wampanoag leader’s speech at a Thanksgiving celebration was rejected because…
COP26 Is Over. What next?
Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto There have been varied reactions to COP26. Indigenous peoples, who had a large presence in Glasgow, were not happy with the final document, as reported in The Guardian:“Indigenous…
Creation Care Visioning
There is a monthly online gathering of clergy and laity, folks coming from Florida to the Upper Peninsula, who are dedicated to helping their churches and diocese become more involved…
Attention City of Columbus Residents! (And Other Readers, Too)
Our energy savvy members want to remind Ohioans that you can start using renewable energy in your homes, now. If you live in Columbus, the city has negotiated an aggregated…
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…