08/02/2019 - Our Planetary Cathedral on Fire
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentThe fire in Notre Dame – literally, “Our Lady” – is over. But the fire on Mother Earth rages on.
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05/10/2019 - U.S. Religious Leaders Issue “Religious Declaration of Unprecedented Human Emergency”
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - Environment...The fossil fuel industry has spent millions of dollars trying to make the climate ...
11/16/2018 - Tackling the Climate Crisis Now: Clear Mind, Open Heart, Strong Hands
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentI brought two props with me: a globe and an icon.
05/10/2018 - Is Carbon Pricing a Spiritual and Ethical Imperative?
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentIt’s unusual to see a scientist, a politician, an economist, and a religious leader sitting together at one table to discuss climate change. Yet that’s just what happened...
02/10/2018 - What if scientist and faith leaders form a coalition on climate?
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentThe Archdiocese of Boston hosted an extraordinary conversation on February 8-9, 2018, as leaders drawn from religious and scientific communities gathered to discuss the ...
01/23/2018 - All of Us or None of Us: Women's March 2018
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentMargaret Bullitt-Jonas and Marisa Brown-Ludwig Every rally has its own energy, a particular mood or spirit that propels it along. That was the case in Northampton, ...
11/22/2017 - #StandUpCharlie: Risking arrest for climate justice
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentA crowd inside the Boston State House listens to speakers Under threatening skies, a group of men and women gathers in the basement of the Paulist Center, less than ...
10/08/2017 - Listening to Native Voices: Standing Rock is Everywhere
By: Margaret Bullitt-JonasHundreds of people – including leaders and elders of Native American tribes from across the U.S. – assembled yesterday under a large tent at Agape, a Christian community ...
09/07/2017 - Building the interfaith climate movement: Let go, hold on, and stay faithful
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentFor the interfaith climate movement in Massachusetts, this is a day for lament, gratitude,...
08/31/2017 - Hurricane Harvey: Rising up as the waters rise
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentLike many Americans, I have been gripped by news of the disaster now unfolding along our nation’s Gulf Coast. As torrential rains bear down on Texas and Louisiana and the...
04/22/2017 - Science on Screen: Before the Flood
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentToday is Earth Day, and along with millions of people around the world, I am praying for our blue-green planet, our common home. As part of Amherst Cinema’s “Science on ...
04/02/2017 - Lazarus, come out! A Christian response to the climate crisis.
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentSermon for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, April 2, 2017, delivered by the Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas at The Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA. John 11:1-45 What a blessing ...
12/13/2016 - Standing Rock: Good Tidings of Great Joy
By: Margaret Bullitt-JonasFaith and fear duke it out Standing at the edge of Oceti Sakowin Camp on Monday, 12/5/16, as a blizzard began to blow in. Beyond the river behind me are Rosebud Camp and...
11/14/2016 - We Are The Earth: Public Prayer for the Planet
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentLast Tuesday, Americans voted into office a Presidential candidate who has embraced fossil fuels, called climate change a hoax, and vowed to withdraw from the Paris ...
11/06/2016 - Resilience, Before and After the Election
By: Margaret Bullitt-JonasWith only a few days left before the Presidential election, the city of Washington, D.C., is humming with anxiety. The taxi driver from Ethiopia asks, “Have you voted ...
11/02/2016 - Oh, the places you'll go!
By: Margaret Bullitt-JonasA brief presentation to lay and clergy deputies of the 115th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, delivered on October 29, 2016. The three...
10/31/2016 - Climate Change: An Emergency of the Heart
By: Margaret Bullitt-JonasText of a keynote address for “An Interfaith Climate Justice Meeting” organized by Springfield Area Interfaith Climate Action Network (SAICAN), held at First Church of ...
07/03/2016 - What roles can faith communities take on in a time of crisis?
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - Justice and WitnessImagine there is a fire in your house. What do you do? What do you think about? You do whatever you can to try to put out the fire or exit the house. You make a plan ...
06/12/2016 - Sacred Earth, Sacred Trust
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - Justice and WitnessSermon for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, June 12, 2016. Delivered by the Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ashfield, MA. 1 Kings 21:1-21a ...
05/29/2016 - Singing For Our Lives
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - Justice and WitnessThe day before I got arrested, I woke up singing. “Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around, turn me around, turn me around. Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around." ...
04/13/2016 - Pray the Bird
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - Justice and WitnessPhoto by Robert Jonas Sometimes I am perfectly capable of scanning large swathes of bad news with aplomb, keeping my feelings at bay. I know how to brace myself ...
03/22/2016 - Protesting Pipelines and Palm Sunday
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - Justice and WitnessOn Day #3 of a four-day, 46-mile walk to stop the construction of the Kinder Morgan NED pipeline, scores of activists gathered in the sanctuary of St. James Episcopal ...
03/14/2016 - Thanks, Wow, Help - 3 Basic Prayers
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - Justice and WitnessA presentation to clergy and lay leaders in the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts that was given on Parish Leadership Day, March 5, 2016. A handout of suggested ...