Category: Environment
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Preparing for the 32123 Banking on Our Future Day of Action
As the United Methodist liaison to Third Act Faith’s Faithful Banking Subcommittee, I am trying to get the word out to United Methodists around the country about Third Act Faith and the Banking on Our Future Campaign. My article, “Climate Change and Faithful Banking,” was published on January 4 by United Methodist Insight, a national…
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The Climate Crisis and COP 27: Conflicting Worldviews
Published November 28, 2022 by United Methodist Insight: The Climate Crisis and COP 27: Conflicting Worldviews The recent climate conference, COP 27, ended with mixed reviews from climate campaigners. United Methodist Agencies were represented in the talks, and their reports from the Conference and other reports about the climate negotiations are available below. In the…
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The Climate and the Quadrilateral
May, 2022, A New Review by Wyatt Robinson . The Climate and the Quadrilateral “Looking for a book study for your church to talk about climate justice? Church and Society Theology Intern Wyatt Robinson explores a theological reflection on our climate crisis.” While engaging in my work on issues of climate justice, I have been…
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Anthropocentrism and Deep Incarnation
“The Spirit in me greets the Spirit in you, Halleluiah. God’s in us and we’re in God, Halleluiah.” — Hymn by Jim and Jeanne Strathdee This post is an excerpt from “Creation Crucified: The Passion of the Earth,” which is Chapter 4 of my new book, The Cross in the Midst of Creation. This book makes…
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My New Books Have Arrived!
Hi Friends, My new books are finally here: 100 copies of The Cross in the Midst of Creation. The official launch day is June 14, but I ordered these from Fortress, and they were delivered early. Hooray! Although I signed the contract for this book in May of 2020, it has been in the…
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Launch Event, June 14
Friends, finally my new book, The Cross in the Midst of Creation, is being released by Fortress Press. The Multi-Faith Climate Café will host a Launch Day event on June 14, the scheduled date for its release, at 11 am Pacific Time. Register here. Because the Café focuses on faith perspectives on climate change, this…
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So Much Beauty
Earlier this Spring, a Robin built a nest on a mature grapevine right outside our front door. What a gift it was for Guari and I and our daughter Serena and her grown kids who live with us. As we watched the care with which she built the nest, we decided to block off the…
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Light in the Darkness of Climate Change
Sermon preached on August 16, 2021 at Nevada City United Methodist Church (sermon begins 30.44 minutes in) Humanity is facing a code red alert because of how much and how fast the planet is heating up, and most of the warming is unequivocally the result of human greenhouse gas emissions. That’s the message from the…
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No Climate for Reopening a Mine
Hi Friends, I published this post to support our local struggle to keep from reopening a gold mine in Grass Valley: As we residents of Nevada County struggle to adapt to extreme drought, heat waves, water shortages, periodic power outages, and threat of forest fires, Rise Gold is trying to persuade us that reopening the…