Albuquerque Mennonite Church, Albuquerque, N.M., now has solar panels that should generate enough kilowatts to cover the church’s total electricity needs. They also have almost all of the…
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Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
A book by Arlie Russell Hochschild. The New Press, New York, 2016. Disturbed by the deepening political divide in the United States, Hochschild sets out…
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Unfreeze Yourself: Five Ways to Take Action on Climate Change Now
A book by Christine Penner Polle. Outskirts Press, 2015.
The author is an educator, mother and healer–as well as a member of MCCN.
- Read the Canadian Mennonite’s review of her book.
- Visit her website at www.tappingcourage.com and learn about her work with environmental trauma.
Creation Care Named in Future Church Summit
Creation care appears four places in the final document crafted from participant input at the Future Church Summit, the visioning process that took place at…
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Chapel Blocks Path of Gas Pipeline
The July 16, 2017 Washington Post ran an article about Catholic nuns in Lancaster, Pa., creating a chapel in the path of a proposed pipeline. They aim to protect their land from a gas company preparing to exercise the right of eminent domain.
The cause has Mennonite supporters as well. At a climate justice gathering at the Mennonite Church USA’s convention in Orlando in early July, Malinda Harnish Clatterbuck, one of the founders of Lancaster Against Pipelines, shared about her efforts to resist the plans to build new pipelines carrying fracked gas. Clatterbuck is associate pastor for children and youth at Community Mennonite Church in Lancaster, PA.
“I was so impressed and encouraged by her courage in non-violent direct action,” commented Ray Martin, founding donor of the Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions.
For in [Christ] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.
Colossians 1:19 - 20