Year: 2017
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Teaching Children about Creation… and Evolution
Progressive Christian Social Action Teaching Children about Creation… and Evolution I have a collection of children’s books about creation that I read to my grandchildren and to the Sunday school children in my church. Some of the books present the seven-day sequence from Genesis 1, with colorful pictures showing the emergence of light and dark,…
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Christian Responsibility for Climate Change
Progressive Christian Social Action Christian Responsibility for Climate Change “How can modern Christianity have so solemnly folded its hands while so much of the work of God was being destroyed?” Wendell Berry As Hurricane Harvey devastates communities in Texas, catastrophic rains are also paralyzing cities in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, causing many deaths.…
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Beyond the Spectacles
Progressive Christian Social Action Beyond the Spectacles As the daily spectacles of the Trump Administration enthrall the public, Republicans continue to push their unjust and oppressive agenda. For one thing, they are trying to repeal laws that keep the Internet free and accessible. Today I made calls as part of the Internet-Wide Day of…
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Standing Rock Victory and Trial Updates
Progressive Christian Action Blog Standing Rock Victory and Trial Updates People who have supported the Standing Rock Sioux in their struggle against the Dakota Access Pipeline are celebrating a victory, as we hear the news that a federal judge ruled on June 14 that the Army Corps of Engineers must review the permits that allowed…
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Guest Post: UMC: Stop Investing in the Merchants of Doubt and Death!
Progressive Christian Social Action Blog Guest Post from Mark Davies: “United Methodist Church and Westpath, Stop Investing in the Merchants of Doubt and Death!” Today my blog features a guest post from Mark Y.A. Davies, the Wimberly Professor of Social and Ecological Ethics and Director of the World House Institute for Social and Ecological Responsibility…