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Book Library

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Browse our full list of books recommended by our network — read, discussed, and shared by pastors and congregation members.

Kiara Jorgenson

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Lectionary Commentator Kiara is Associate Professor of Religion and Environmental Studies at St. Olaf College and a member at Bethel Lutheran of Northfield, MN. As a scholar Kiara works on Protestant ecotheologies, vocation, ecofeminisms, agrarian studies, ecological resistance movements, childhood studies, and the theology of motherwork. A sampling of her work can be found here. As […]

2025 Lutherans Restoring Creation Impact Report

Each year, we look back at what our community accomplished together — the congregations we supported, the events we hosted, and the ways we cared for God’s Creation. Read the full 2025 report below.

Eco-Resolution from MD/DE Synod 2021

See working group notes here (from May 2020) and consider how your synod (or just your congregation) may follow their lead:  As part of the Sustainability/Environment Table workgroup to implement the Earth Charter, the Delaware-Maryland Synod Creation Care Ministry decided to focus on principles 7.a. and 7.b. under II. Ecological integrity. 7. Adopt patterns of […]

An Economy for Earth

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An Economy for Earth The word economy may bring to mind currency, goods, and the stock market, but the word itself comes from the Greek oikonomos: oikos (household) + nomos (rules or guidelines). As Christians, our household is the entirety of this wonderful Creation, and our guidelines from God  instruct us to be earth-keepers (Gen […]

Bill McKibben Speaks to Lutherans

In February 2026, Lutherans Restoring Creation and the EcoFaith Action Network of the NW Intermountain Synod hosted Bill McKibben, an author, activist and founder of orgs like 350.0rg and ThirdAct. In his hope-filled presentation, Bill McKibben helped us see the future of renewable energy as described in his book, Here Comes the Sun: A Last […]

ELCA Statement on EPA’s Endangerment Finding

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ELCA Statement on EPA Decision to Rescind the Endangerment Finding February 12, 2026 “The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) expresses profound concern and disappointment regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to rescind the endangerment finding on greenhouse gas emissions. This action undermines our collective responsibility to care for God’s creation and protect the well-being of current and future […]

World Council of Churches: Decade of Climate of Justice

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The World Council of Churches invites all to an Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action. Lutherans Restoring Creation encouraged our network to bring a Synod Resolution to your congregation’s annual meeting, to go to synod assemblies and synod councils, urging expanded ELCA participation in the WCC Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action. Our model resolution […]

Bishop Curry Agrees…

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We thank Bishop Yehiel Curry for highlighting Creation Care as a part of our work in the world. Read his Message on the Tenth Anniversary of the Paris Climate Accords.  Hear an invitation from Rev. Baird Linke :    

Chad McKenna: Author Biography

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Lectionary Commentator Chad McKenna is a Pastor at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Rockford, Illinois, where he has served for over a decade. He received his Masters of Divinity from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and previously served at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa. He is also a graduate of Valparaiso […]

Updates from ELCA 2025 Churchwide Assembly

The ELCA Churchwide Assembly (CWA) held in Phoenix in August was full of business and Holy work. We elected a new Presiding Bishop of the ELCA, Bishop Yehiel Curry, and a new Secretary, CeCee Mills. Unlike the 2022 CWA, where a memorial to reduce greenhouse gasses was passed, there was not an abundance of time […]

Lutherans (who are) Restoring Creation Gather:

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What do you want to see Multiply? Multiply! a gathering of the LRC Network We had a glorious time together at Lutheridge in Arden, NC April 10-12, 2026. Below are some of the materials that we shared with one another. Keep checking back as more recordings will be added before the end of April. In […]