We are observing the Season of Creation for the first time this year, and as is our custom, we’ve put together our own liturgy. I’d like to report on how it’s been going.
Season of Creation Liturgy: An Interim Report Read More »
climate change, liturgical year, nature
No matter what we do, things will get worse.
Reading the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: Another Hot Take Read More »
climate change, nature
Art has the power to weasel behind our defenses, awaken us emotionally, disturb the smooth surfaces of our certainties.
Can Artists Help in the Climate Fight? Read More »
arts, climate change, cultural commentary
Like most butterflies, monarchs specialize in one host plant: in their case, it’s milkweed. That’s their nursery. Accept no substitutes.
Endlessly Remarkable Quiddity Read More »
climate change, Michigan, nature
Earth: Look, I try not to pay much attention to human politics. I have so much to do, what with plate techtonics and weather systems and sustaining various kingdoms and phyla of creatures. Plus I operate on loooooong time scales, you know? Still, my current staff tells me that the new US president could definitely help, if people let him.
An Interview with the Planet Earth: Outlook for a Biden Presidency Read More »
climate change, politics, silly
Questions of what more-than-human creatures are worth, what they mean, what is their ultimate value—these questions become more urgent as the species extinction crisis accelerates.
“Creatures, our free forty minutes are almost up. So I just want to encourage you all and review our mission objectives. It’s been great to have some relief from the humans for a while, but this is all for a bigger purpose.”
Conference of the Creatures Read More »
climate change, nature, silly
We must increase our capacity for and interest in virtues and their formation, especially in this time of climate crisis, not succumb to a belief that “Oh well, there is little interest in being just or courageous, so I guess this business of virtue ethics is a dead end.”
Cultivating Ecological Virtues: An Interview with Steven Bouma-Prediger Read More »
climate change, Interviews, nature, theology
The guiding question for my reading is this: how will our spirituality (and our churches) need to change in order to survive the unprecedented challenges ahead, particularly the climate crisis? Here’s what I’m learning so far.
Thirty Days, Thirty Books Read More »
climate change, nature, theology
Macfarlane’s journeys, remarkable as much for the philosophical and emotional strain as for the physical rigors they demanded, uncover what underlands mean to us: in these hidden worlds, we shelter what we treasure, dispose of what we fear, and coax the earth to yield what we desire. I found following Macfarlane’s journeys both arduous and compelling, yielding up the conclusion for me that the earth is a mysterious and uncanny place, and we don’t know the half of it.
