The fruit of one of our Connections Calls, we thank our friends from New Hope Lutheran Church in Columbia, MD via Charlie Bailey for starting this collection of ideas! If you have other suggestionsRead More →
Geothermal Comes to the Battlefield By Delaney Schlake (M. Div Middler, Trinity Lutheran Seminary) 150 years ago, the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (LTSG) figured prominently into the story of the Civil War. Pickett’s charge was inaugurated on Seminary Ridge, and the cupola of the seminary building itself served as aRead More →
by Sarah Webb, Iowa Interfaith Power & Light First Lutheran in Decorah signed the Paris Pledge, joining other congregations across the nation to reduce our carbon pollution by 50% by 2030 and to be carbon neutral by 2050. They have already achieved the 50% reduction goal (read their story here) andRead More →
As there has been continuing conversation and controversy emerging since Michael Moore’s film: Planet of the Human, we decided to share some feedback from a Lutherans Restoring Creation member. Thanks to Josh Thede, an active member of the Central States LRC Mission Table. Our LRC community plans to discuss theRead More →
2016 Churchwide Assembly Passes Memorial To Move Towards A Responsible Energy Future During the months leading up to the August 2016 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, a group of people promoted memorials to suggest that the church divest from fossil fuels and/or invest in renewable energy, and worked to ensure that theRead More →
Since there are so many members of our ELCA community who live in agricultural areas and we all depend on food to sustain us; let’s explore how we can deliberately share the spectrum of ways our churches can inform members of opportunities, practice mindful eating, and love the wide arrayRead More →
Integrate Creation Care elements into your worship service: register to use the upcoming LRC worship service, get inspiration from these samples, or simply worship outside! Host an intergenerational study group to reflect on Five Theses for Earth Day, developed by authors of our 1993 Social Statement on Creation Care. AskRead More →
by David Rhoads I recently participated in the spring convocation at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (April, 2012). The convocation centered on the theme of “Getting Green Faithfully,” and it included such notable speakers as Gil Waldkoenig (Professor of Church in Society at Gettysburg), Cynthia Moe-Lobeda (Professor of EnvironmentalRead More →
