Connections Calls
Recordings from our monthly Connections Calls, where Green Shepherds across the country share what they’re learning.
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Nature, Spirituality and Church in the Wild: August 2026 Connections Call
July (Mini-) Connections Call: Faith + Climate Series
Renewables and Lutheran Ethics: June 2026 Connections Call
Back to Our Roots: May 2025 Connections Call
Afterglow: Connections Call April 2026
Decade of Climate Justice: March 2026 Connections Call
Here Comes the Sun - Bill McKibben Connects with Lutherans (who are) Restoring Creation
December 2025 Connections Call: Restore and Regroup
November 2025 Connections Call: Calling Conscientious Consumers
October 2025 Connections Call: Blessing of the Animals
Sep 2025 Connections Call: Building a Moral Economy
August 2025 Connections Call: MERGE-ing in Practice
July Connections Call: Do Energy Expertly!
June 2025 Connections Call: Climate Resilience
May 2025 Connections Call: MMIW and Climate Justice
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About This Month's Call
July (Mini-) Connections Call: Faith + Climate Series — See how to access the Faith + Climate Series, which we screened on July 21st. Access your own free viewing at BlessedTomorrow.org/faith-climate-series.
Call Summaries & Resources
Green Wallets, Green Earth
In our connections call "Green Wallets, Green Earth," we heard from Greenfaith's Amy Brooks Paradise about how banks are financing ...
“Our Kairos Moment:” An ELCA Climate Care Study Guide
In spring of 2024, the ELCA released a study guide to dive deeper into the Climate Care Social Statement called ...
Updates from the Field (September 2023 Connections Call)
Listen in below to a gathering on Zoom where we hear suggestions and reflections from one another regarding our progress ...
Connections Call: Responding to Climate Disaster
Rev. Matthew Zemanick, Program Director, Lutheran Disaster Response Initiatives joined us to consider all the ways we can “lend a ...
Taking Time: The Significance of Sabbath in Creation Care
Climate change is a tangled problem and responding to it is an issue of economics and physics, politics and infrastructure ...
Shame, Guilt, Empathy, Lament… Tools or Toxins?
In our work, we often “try not to shame” people to change their ways and encourage just infrastructure change. We ...
