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When pastors and Bible study participants seek a stronger ecological hermeneutic, I often challenge them simply to read Scripture with an eye to its many references to beyond-human elements of creation, their roles, and actions. (...)

Discussion on texts for Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 12) (June 19, 2016): (Gospel) Luke 8:26-39;(First Reading) Isaiah 65:1-9; (Alternate First Reading) 1 Kings 19:1-4[5-7]8-15a; Psalm 22:19-28; (Second Reading) Galatians 3:23-29.

It’s been almost a year since Laudato Si’ was released, Pope Francis’s monumental encyclical on climate change. Since then, the Pope’s encyclical, and his U.S. visit in September, with his address to Congress, have indeed (...)

Discussion on texts for Second Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 9) (May 29, 2016): (Gospel) Luke 7:1-10;(First Reading) 1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43; (Alternate First Reading) 1 Kings 18:20-21, [22-29], 30-39; Psalm 96:1-9; (Second Reading) Galatians 1:1-12.

[Repeat from 2014] Discussion on texts for Ascension Day: (Gospel) Luke 24:44-53; (1st Reading) Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47; (2nd Reading) Ephesians 1:15-23.

Discussion on texts for Sixth Sunday of Easter (May 1, 2016): (Gospel) John 14:23-29 {Alt. Gospel} John 5:1-9; {First Reading} Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; {Second Reading} Revelation 21:10, 22–22:5.

I recently received a copy of a new ecological hymn that included the line, “We are called to have dominion over all that you have made.” This pervasive understanding comes rather directly from the NRSV translation of (...)

Discussion on texts for Maundy Thursday (Mar. 24, 2016): (Gospel) John 13:1-17, 31b-35; (First Reading) Exodus 12:1-4, [5-10], 11-14; (Psalm) Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19; (Second Reading) 1 Corinthians 11:23-26.

Discussion on texts for Passion Sunday (Mar. 20, 2016): (Gospel) Luke 22:14–23:56; (Alt. Gospel: Palm Procession) Luke 19:28-40; (First Reading) Isaiah 50:4-9a; (Psalm) Psalm 31:9-16; (Second Reading) Philippians 2:5-11.

I spent a week last month in Kisumu, Kenya, seven miles south of the equator on Lake Victoria, preaching and teaching about creation care for the Africa Inland Church, an evangelical denomination founded a century (...)