The year 2017 is a big one for Lutherans: it is the 500th anniversary of the day that Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to…
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Earth Day Resource
Care for God’s Creatures
Care for God’s Creatures is one of the Earth Day resources that Creation Justice Ministries puts out each year. The material explores how we learn from God’s creatures and considers the meaning of our Genesis call to dominion over animals. In addition to Christian education materials, it includes sermon starters and liturgical ideas for a Blessing of the Animals ceremony and a creature-themed worship service.
An Anabaptist Perspective on a Sustainable World
Creation and the Environment
This book was brought to publication with the assistance of the Environmental Task Force of the Mennonite Church, the predecessor of Mennonite Creation Care…
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A book by Steven Bouma-Prediger, 2010
For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care
This accessible but thorough book lays out the basic environmental problems of our era and then asks questions such as, “What is the connection between…
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A book by Andrew Farley and Katherine Hayhoe, 2009
A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions
This book is written by a husband-wife team from Lubbock, Texas. She’s a climate scientist; he’s an Evangelical pastor. They were inspired to write…
Read moreFor 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