12/10/2019 - Wake Up, Turn Around, Enbridge
By: Gretchen Elmendorf - EnvironmentToday stirred some theology in my mind and spirit. Here’s a spiritual essay. I write out of my faith tradition with full respect for those of different faiths or no ...
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11/12/2019 - "Unless" - Looking at an alternative to Fossil Fuel
By: Lois Happe - Environment"Our dependence on fossil fuel, if left unchecked, will eventually render much of our world uninhabitable." — Rev. Lois Happe
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.
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 ...
04/25/2019 - Taking Action on Environment at Immanuel
By: Dorothy Lovett Buckley - EnvironmentDorothy Lovett Buckley shares thoughts on attending a conversation with Environmental Leader and Former MA Conference Minister the Rev. Dr. Jim Antal.
04/24/2019 - Many Voices One Mission: Common Bond
By: Jennifer Kronholm Clark - Conference programming Environment Many Voices, One Mission Outdoor Ministries Together, As One"Once a pair identifies the common bond on their cards, they share with each other to discover a common bond between themselves." — Jennifer Kronholm Clark
04/12/2019 - Cherish the Earth!
By: Barbara Darling - EnvironmentEarth Day is this month! April 22 is the day set aside—for almost 50 years—to raise awareness of the fragility and vulnerability of our planet.
03/20/2019 - Many Voices One Mission: Cultivating Connections
By: Pam Arifian - Church Growth and Vitality Conference programming Environment Many Voices, One Mission Together, As One"The magic is in connecting their hearts and minds with wonder and beauty of the planet..." — Pam Arifian
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.
11/14/2018 - Many Voices One Mission: It Happens Outside
By: Jennifer Kronholm Clark - Conference programming Environment Many Voices, One Mission Outdoor Ministries Together, As One"God gave Creation over to humans as stewards, and it seems we’ve forgotten our duty to care for it." — Jennifer Kronholm Clark
10/31/2018 - Many Voices One Mission: Actions Matter, Now
By: Pam Arifian - Church Growth and Vitality Conference programming Environment Many Voices, One Mission Together, As One"The interconnectedness of justice issues and climate impact means that your action at every level matters." — Pam Arifian
10/16/2018 - Climate Change [Interferes] With What We…Care About *
By: Jessica McArdle - Environment* Quote from Professor Katherine Hayhoe, Climate Scientist and Evangelical Christian A blog by Rev. Dr. Jessica McArdle A few weeks ago, I attended a lecture ...
06/11/2018 - Religious Leaders’ Symposium on Climate Crisis – A Few Takeaways
By: James Antal - EnvironmentWhen the leader of one of the world’s major faith traditions convenes two hundred leaders who have given their lives to combat climate change, an endless flow of creative...
06/11/2018 - World Religious Leaders Confront Climate Crisis
By: James Antal - EnvironmentJim Antal presents His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with his book Last week, the religious leaders of a quarter of the world’s population confronted ...
05/18/2018 - The 8th Annual Water is Life Walk Begins on the Housatonic (Howsatunnuck) River
By: Pam Arifian Lindsey Peterson - EnvironmentEvery year, Grandmother (Uncí) Carole Bubar-Blodgett, of Wabanaki lineage, takes four ...
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...
04/18/2018 - Many Voices, One Mission: Collective Power
By: Pam Arifian - Conference programming Environment Many Voices, One Mission"We are partners with each other, and with God, in the co-creation of earth, every day."— Pam Arifian
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, ...
12/20/2017 - Working Toward a Green Guilford Green
By: Jon Leckerling - EnvironmentFirst Congregational Church Guilford already had its Connecticut Conference Level 3 Green Church designation thanks to the hard work of its long time Environmental ...
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 ...
09/29/2017 - What on Earth is Happening?
By: Donald Remick - Disaster Relief EnvironmentThe earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it ~ Psalm 24:1 Hurricane Harvey produced a level of rainfall and flooding that "hasn’t ...
09/27/2017 - Join Me - Fridays at the State House
By: James Antal - EnvironmentEvery Friday beginning October 6, I will lead a UCC witness at the State House inviting Gov. Charlie Baker to issue an Executive Order halting the construction of or ...
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...
07/10/2017 - United Church of Christ Declares a New Moral Era
By: James Antal - Environment General SynodIt was a big claim: “Imperatives for a New Moral Era.” It was a big ask: to “resist all expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure and demand new sources of renewable ...
05/04/2017 - From a Powerful Moment in D.C.: A Movement Continues
By: Pam Arifian - EnvironmentThe People’s Climate March on Saturday, April 29th did not disappoint. There were many actions leading up to the big day, including lobbying at Capitol Hill and direct ...
04/26/2017 - Resurrection People Marching For God's Creation
By: James Antal Pam Arifian - EnvironmentCreation is at a turning point. We are headed toward a climate unseen in 50 million years. Realizing this, what if the church were to begin to act like the earth was the ...
04/26/2017 - The Church is Leaving the Building!
By: Wendy Vander Hart - Church Growth and Vitality EnvironmentA reflection and details on the MBA leadership's decision to change the venue and program for the MBA spring meeting.
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 ...
03/22/2017 - Earth Day Resources and the April 29 People's Climate March
By: James Antal - Environment Justice and WitnessPreserving God’s creation is perhaps the greatest theological madate of our time. As climate change worsens – as creation offers chaos in place of continuity - ...
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 ...