A square for care (of creation)
Use the Brethren creation care BINGO card in April as a way to focus on Earth Day and Faith Climate Action Week.
Category: Climate Change
Finding our way back to the garden
We are invited to find our way back to the garden before it’s too late.
Spiritual lessons of the wilderness
Jesus invites us to a new perspective of life and faith that is achieved through the careful examination of nature
Who is my neighbor when it comes to climate change?
What if our understanding of ‘neighborhood’ expanded beyond our street address, church friends, or professional affiliations?
No time for denial
We are in a wide-ranging, multi-faceted emergency, requiring an immediate global change–but as Brethren, we have the ability to make a difference
Changing the climate with justice, mercy, and humility
What if, in choosing to consume less stuff, we got greater clarity about where true sources of contentment may be found?
Creating a climate for a new life
On a sunny day in May of 2014, Germany generated a record
74 percent of its electricity renewably…Perhaps more surprisingly, Costa Rica currently generates at least 90 percent of its electricity renewably; earlier this year, its national electric utility supplied its citizens with 100 percent fossil fuel-free electricity for a world-record 75 straight days. Denmark, meanwhile, is on pace to achieve total independence from fossil fuels in 35 years, meeting all of its electricity, transportation, heating, and cooling needs with renewables by 2050.
Creating a climate for peace
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matt. 5:9). Encountering this familiar verse from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, how often are we guilty of unconsciously changing it to “Blessed are the peace lovers…?” Ah, if only loving peace and making peace were one and the same. Loving peace requires
Creating a climate for justice
“What does a changing global climate mean for the poor, both now and if we stay on the current path?” Authors Sharon Yohn and Laura White address that question in this, their second article in a series on climate change.
Changing the climate with love
Coming to terms with the reality of human-induced climate change is tough. Admitting that it’s happening and that we’re playing a leading role puts us firmly “on the hook” for doing something about it.