Tag: climate change
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Oil Stocks are Surging: An Ethical Dilemma
“Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” Philippians 3:7-8 This article was also published at United Methodist Insight on June 1, 2026. My previous post on “Envisioning the…
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Santa Marta Conference: Envisioning the Transformation of the World
I have been paying attention to the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, which met in Santa Marta, Colombia during the last week of April. As Convener of Fossil Free UMC and a member of the Coordinating Team of the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, I wrote this article for United Methodist…
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A Review by Rev. Richenda Fairhurst
A Review of the Revised Edition of Love in a Time of Climate Change by the Reverend Richenda Fairhurst Also at: Love in a Time of Climate Change: A Review | UMC Creation Justice Overview: Recommend Rev. Sharon Delgado’s newly revised Love in a Time of Climate Change is a tour de force. It maps the…
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Awakening to New Ways of Seeing the World (Part 1)
Now that the revised edition of Love in a Time of Climate Change, has been released by Fortress Press, I am posting excerpts. Today’s excerpt is the first of two parts about awakening to new ways of seeing the world, sometimes painful, sometimes exhilarating. There are times in life when we are offered new ways…
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Introductory Video to Love in a Time of Climate Change
In the revised edition of Love in a Time of Climate Change, Honoring Creation, Establishing Justice, I invite you to embark with me on a journey of faith, a deepening journey that integrates personal spirituality with concern and action for climate justice. I demonstrate a process in this book of facing and learning about climate…
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A Deeper Understanding of Hope
Greetings friends, on this New Year’s Day, 2026. In just thirteen days, the revised edition of my book, Love in a Time of Climate Change, will be released by Fortress Press. As that time approaches, I will be posting excerpts from the book. Today’s excerpt from the new preface is about hope. A Deeper Understanding…
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Fossil Fuels: The New “F” Word
COP 30 Ends with No Roadmap for a Phaseout of Fossil Fuels Also Posted In United Methodist Insight These days, “fossil fuels” seems to be as unspeakable as the other “f” word used to be, at least in official documents addressing climate change. COP 30 ended not only without the roadmap to a transition away…
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Competing Worldviews at COP 30
As representatives of many nations and members of civil society from around the world prepare to gather for COP30 in Belém, the competing worldviews of various participants are clearly in view. As a United Methodist, I’m grateful that representatives of the denomination will be there, informed by our common faith. The Community of All Creation…
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At this Time When the Earth Needs Us Most
This past year I have been updating Love in a Time of Climate Change: Honoring Creation, Establishing Justice, which was originally published in 2017. The revised version will be released on January 13. Here are a couple of excerpts from the new Preface: At this time in history, when the stability of life on Earth…
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COP 29: A Perilous Moment of Choice
Image by Laurie Bayen See the sign-on letter to world leaders below In 1992 I was part of the United Methodist delegation to Rio de Janeiro during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, where George HW Bush signed the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the foundational climate treaty. At that conference, the nations…