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ELCA Advocacy Updates
The National ELCA Office of Advocacy offers updates from what's going on in our capital and news from various affiliate ...
Interview with Bishop Eaton
Bishop Elizabeth Eaton offered the sermon for our Good Shepherd Sunday service in celebration of Earth Day 2021. As the ...
Living the Change: A Tool Connected to Many Faiths
GreenFaith has helped pull together leaders from various religions across the globe to recognize our common concern for the planet ...
Just Transitions Conversation (March 2021)
Listen in to our discussion with Ruth Ivory-Moore, ELCA’s Program Director, Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility Focus: Just Transitions What ...
Working their Beliefs into the Public Sphere
On Earth Day 2016, a small group of people of faith visited Massachusetts' Senator Ed Markey's office in Boston to ...
God in Forests: Who is Jesus for Chipmunks?
A Service In and For the Forests - Feel free to share this worship service or get ideas - we ...
Second Sunday of Lent in Year B (Mundahl18)
Turning Around and Rethinking the "Royal Theology" of Our Time - Tom Mundahl reflects on the appeal of kingdom, power, ...
Sunday July 10-16 in Year B (Ormseth12)
The Whole of Inter-Related Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the meals of Jesus overcoming our "reconciliation deficit disorder." Care ...
Sunday July 10-16 in Year A (Mundahl23)
A Time of Blessing? – Tom Mundahl reflects on entering into the experience of negation with hope. Care for Creation ...
Second Sunday in Lent in Year C (Saler13)
Of Land and Heaven – Robert Saler reflects on where our citizenship lies. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common ...
Sunday July 31 – August 6 in Year A (Retzlaff23)
A Prayer in the Anthropocene - Carmen Retzlaff reflects on food scarcity and food sovereignty. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
Connections Calls: Ways of Knowing – Western Science, Indigenous Knowledge & Christian Faith
Connections Call from Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Focus: Western Science, Indigenous Knowledge, and Christian Faith: How Can Various Ways of Knowing ...
Sunday July 10-16 in Year B (Mundahl15)
Faithfulness Will Spring Up from the Ground - Tom Mundahl reflects on God's shalom trumping "royal theologies." Care for Creation Commentary ...
Winter Sowing with the Community
Thanks to Donna Pellegerin for submitting this Good Green News! At Christ the King Lutheran Church (CtK) in West Chester, ...
Connections Call: How Church Soil Can Feed the Community
This call (video below) happened on May 18, 2021 Focus: How Church Soil Can Feed the Community We were excited ...
Christ the King Edible Food Forest (West Chester, OH)
Thanks to Donna Pellegrin from Christ the King Church in West Chester OH for shepherding and sharing this incredible work: ...
Christ the King Sunday in Year A (Ormseth11)
We Are the People of God's Pasture! - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the inclusion of land and water in God's reign ...
Growing a garden church from food scraps and compost
We turned an empty lot in L.A. into an edible sanctuary. by Anna Woofenden (shared from Christian Century magazine) When I moved ...
Water discipleship tool for Congregations!
Vermont Lutheran Church partners with Interfaith Power & Light to Share the Various Ways to Revere Water: In 2018, Vermont ...
Sunday August 21 – 27 in Year C (Carr22)
To Climate Change Deniers and Climate Despairers - Amy Carr reflects on variable gospel notes to the hard of heart ...
Cal Lutheran hosts a talk to explore food, climate change link
On Thursday, March 31st, California Lutheran University plans to host a talk to explore the link between food and climate ...
Sunday July 10 – 16 in Year C (Litman-Koon22)
The Fruits Among Us – Kris Litman-Koon ponders how relationships – divine, human, and ecological – are a common theme ...
Within Limits: Remember the Sabbath
Jim Martin-Schramm Luther College Chapel October 7, 2011 Exodus 23:10-12 (or 31:12-17) Within Limits: Remember the Sabbath Our reading this ...
Sunday July 3 – 9 in Year C (Carr19)
We Reap What We Sow – Amy Carr reflects on forging just relations for both land and people. Care for Creation ...
Congregation celebrates “green graduation,” invites wider community (2017)
Members of LCI gather on the steps of the California Capitol to join California Interfaith Power and Light’s Lobby Day ...
Sunday November 13-19 in Year A (Ormseth11)
Claiming the Future as Precious Gifts of People and Land - Dennis Ormseth reflects on acting boldly for restoration and healing ...
Extended Growing Season at Concordia Moorhead (2015)
Concordia has extended their growing season through the installation of a high tunnel, or hoop house, warmed by a solar ...
Second Sunday in Lent in Year C (Ormseth16)
Creational Blessing – Dennis Ormseth reflects on resisting domination and living into God's promises. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
Everyone Must Eat: Food, Sustainability, and Ministry
by Mark L. Yackel-Juleen (Author) Rural contexts are often over-looked, treated as "flyover land." But because everyone must eat, rural communities and ...
Youth Gather and We All Grow!
Back in the summer of 2018 hundreds of youth and group leaders visited our Lutherans Restoring Creation space in the ...
Luther College and Raptor Resource Project Build Banding Station (2017)
A grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources allowed Luther College and the Decorah Raptor Resource Project to build ...
The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery (Herald Press, 2021)
White settlers saw land for the taking. They failed to consider the perspective of the people already here. In The ...
Sunday August 28 – September 3 in Year B (Carr21)
Good Laws or Pure Persons? - Amy Carr reflects on the nature of pollution. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
Creation-themed monthly video devotion: Trees
The Creation Care Team of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Port Angeles, WA produces a monthly creation-themed video devotion. This month's ...
Planning and Carrying Out Green Events
Guidelines for Ecologically Responsible Events Prepared by Pilgrims Caring for Creation Pilgrim Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN in response to ...
Actions Speak Loudly!
Consider all the ways your church interacts with God's Good Creation. Celebrate (and commit to more) by using this form ...
Skip the Grid
Skip the Grid is an initiative focused on bringing solar power to health care systems and other critical infrastructure in West Africa. Most clinics and many ...
First Sunday of Advent in Year A (Andrews22)
God's Ways - Liv Larson Andrews reflects on peace, darkness, and time. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common ...
Sunday July 17-23 in Year B (Mundahl15)
Shepherds and Children - Tom Mundahl reflects on restoring a healing relationship with the natural world. Care for Creation Commentary ...
Featured School: Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
Gettysburg College has been pursuing sustainable decision making for over three decades. As the world's environmental issues grow more and ...
Second Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (Martin22)
Grace Is Wet - Tom Martin reflects on how water pervades, undergrids, and provides the medium for all life, both ...
Sunday October 23-29 in Year B (Carr21)
Do You See What I See? - Amy Carr reflects on walking without stumbling along waterways, roadsides, and temple byways ...
Sunday July 31 – August 6 in Year B (Mundahl15)
The Bread of Christ Is Life, and All of Life Is Communion. - Tom Mundahl reflects on the divine energy ...
Passion Sunday and Holy Week in Year B (Ormseth12)
The Transformation of All Life - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the reorientation of creation to its sacred center. Care for Creation ...
Food – Faith – Farming
Since there are so many members of our ELCA community who live in agricultural areas and we all depend on ...
Native Land Acknowledgment: Processes to Heal, Steps to Restore
As we live, work, and worship in the land that is now called the United States, Lutherans Restoring Creation recognizes ...
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Mundahl14)
Our Help Is in the Name of the LORD - Tom Mundahl reflects on trusting in the One who made ...
Pacific Lutheran University Community Garden
The PLU Community Garden is completely run by students with support from PLU staff. The Garden is dedicated to adding ...
Rural and Small Town Conversations re: Creation Care
On June 26, 2022 our Connections Call considered how conversations about Creation Care in Rural & Small Town America are ...
Sunday August 14-20 in Year A (Ormseth11)
In Jesus, Exceptionalist Ideology Falls Away - Dennis Ormseth reflects on a global scope for the vision of well-being. Care ...
Evangelical Lutheran leaders argue for Ohio energy efficiency and renewable energy
The president of a major Lutheran seminary and one of the three bishops overseeing the 550 Ohio congregations of the ...
Justified by Land and Faith
Christian Faith and Environmental Ethics: Aldo Leopold's Sand County Almanac and Luther's Freedom of A Christian A timeless reflection shared ...
First Sunday in Lent in Year A (Ormseth14)
Lent Calls Us to Serve the Flourishing of Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the temptation of Jesus and what ...
Tool Kit on Climate Change Connections
Take yourself, your class, or your congregation on a journey that explores the intersections between climate change and hunger with ...
Connections Call: What is Our Response?
As part of our Connections Calls, we get to hear feedback from representatives who work in various expressions of the ...
Microscopic – Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise
Micro-Creation Service Bulletin - Click here - free to share! (wonderful readings, music, etc.) Homily by Pastor Susan Henry, House ...
Sunday October 9-15 in Year B (Ormseth12)
Impossible for Humans but Possible by God's Grace - Dennis Ormseth reflects on Jesus calling people to relinquish wealth for others ...
First Sunday in Lent in Year A (Mundahl17)
The Way of Ecojustice in a Dangerous Time - Tom Mundahl reflects on our place in the world. Care for ...
Augsburg, Gettysburg, and Luther Colleges Strive to Reduce Food Waste While Helping the Community
Augsburg College and Gettysburg College are participants in The Campus Kitchens Project. As part of this project, volunteers from these two colleges use unused food ...
Updates from ELCA Advocacy re: Environment/Energy
May-June Advocacy Update (thanks to Christine Moffett, Witness in Society | Washington D.C. - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ) Debt Ceiling Deal- ...
Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston
This regional organization shares the experts in their midst with the wider audience online across the globe. Check out the ...
Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois practices sustainability in Dining Services
Augustana College: Rock Island, Illinois is promoting sustainability via their sourcing and disposing of food. The college's "Farm2Fork" Program invests ...
Fifth Sunday in Lent in Year A (Mundahl17)
Can These Bones Live? - Tom Mundahl reflects on the cost of transitioning to a creation-normed economy ...
Sunday August 28 – September 3 in Year B (Mundahl12)
Earth, Sky, and Water - Tom Mundahl reflects on "the commons" we all share. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common ...
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Ormseth17)
Rejecting the Paradigm of Domination - Dennis Ormseth reflects on what it means to bring an "image of God" to ...
Eco-Reformation & Environmental Justice: In Word & Deed
The Grace Gathering ran parallel to the 2016 Churchwide Voting Assembly in New Orleans. The goal in gathering was to ...
Indigenous Knowledge and Rights (video playlist)
https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLFPMTinJ7FKkZ8zqXIgZatHrJW0whr8-V&layout=gallery ...
Upper Susquehanna Synod Assembly Lutherans Call for Repeal of “Fracking Loopholes” (2014)
On the recommendation of a bipartisan task group, the Upper Susquehanna Synod Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ...
Perspectives on Animals as Food
July 2021 Connections Call Recording & Related Resources: Hear as Sarah & Brandon Bowers describe their methods of raising animals ...
Fourth Sunday in Lent in Year C (Ormseth16)
New Creation! – Dennis Ormseth reflects on the promise that comes from the very heart of God. Care for Creation Commentary ...
Carol Soderholm
ELCA Pastor 36 years, now full time prairie steward which basically means seed planter and weed puller. 🙂 (Read Living ...
Nature-Based Solutions
This interview led by ELCA's Sustainability Associate, Adele Bodog, follows Donna Pellegrin Permaculture design certificate holder, who uses her certification to conduct ...
Sunday June 12-18 in Year B (Ormseth12)
A New and Restorative Ordering of Life - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the kingdom of God and the great ecology ...
Doctrine of Discovery’s Role in Climate Injustice
The ELCA has been working to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery. As individuals and institutions continue to reconcile and repair ...
Big Hill Farm at Gustavus Adolphus College
Big Hill Farm is a student-managed farm that values local food production and sustainable agricultural practices. Each summer, student leaders ...
Religious Community Sends Letter to Trump Transition Team
A coalition of 32 faith organizations, including the ELCA, sent a letter on January 11 to President-elect Donald Trump's transition ...
Third Sunday of Easter in Year A (Meyer23)
From Dust 'Til Dawn - Emily Meyer retraces the Lenten journey - from cosmic stardust to the dusty road to ...
Second Sunday in Lent in Year A (Mundahl17)
Living in Promises and Hope - Tom Mundahl reflects on land and the struggle to "till (serve) and keep" it ...
Pathways to Pollination
In March of 2023, ELCA churches across Northeastern Minnesota's EcoFaith Network shared inspiration and resources regarding their teams' exciting new ...
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Mundahl14)
We Are Epiphany Communities - Tom Mundahl reflects on being salt for the Earth and bearing light for the world ...
Intro Webinar for Congregations Making a Covenant with Creation
"Creation Care" is more than just "being green." Integrating a lens of eco-justice is not only critical in order to ...
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Ormseth17)
Choosing Life - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the whole creation being aware of how people choose. Care for Creation Commentary ...
Sunday July 17-23 in Year A (Ormseth11)
Desist from Ecological Destruction, NOW! - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the ecological integrity of all things. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
An Earth Day Action with Results:
*On June 28, 2017 there was a follow-up to this meeting with Sen. Elizabeth Warren - read here* Working their ...
Baptism of Our Lord in Year A (Mundahl14)
Gentle Justice for People and Creation - Tom Mundahl reflects on baptism and obedience. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
Fifth Sunday in Lent in Year C (Ormseth16)
Overcoming Domination – Dennis Ormseth reflects on the "new thing" God is doing. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common ...
St. Olaf Natural Lands Play an Important Role in Conservation Efforts for Native Species
A story in the Star Tribune newspaper highlights how St. Olaf College's 350 acres of natural lands not only serve ...
Third Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (Ormseth13)
Justice and Renewal for Humans, Other Creatures, and the Land - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the biblical Year of Jubilee authorizing ...
Gettysburg Campus Kitchen Continues to Cook Up Great Food for a Great Cause
Gettysburg College opened its doors in November 2007 as the first Campus Kitchen in Pennsylvania! The project was initiated by ...
Vegetable Garden at Trinity Lutheran Church (Ft. Collins, CO)
Trinity Lutheran Church volunteers have maintained a vegetable garden at its location for 8 years. More recently, volunteers from the ...
Seventh Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth18)
Everything Is Changed - Dennis Ormseth reflects on reorientation of the community to God's creation. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
Sunday October 16-22 in Year B (Utphall18)
Restoring Right Relationship - Nick Utphall reflects on breaking the perpetual cycle of scapegoats and violence. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...