
FACT: The Earth is Good
FACT: The Earth is Good! Get the Good News (watch below) in less than 2 minutes and share with someone ...

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 ...

Bible verses on nature and care for creation
Bible and Nature The following is a listing of bible verses on creation, our relationship with the earth, and our ...

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 ...

EcoActivist Testament: Faith Explorations for Fellow Travelers
Written for younger generations of ecoactivists, Paul Santmire's latest book, EcoActivist Testament: Faith Explorations for Fellow Travelers provides solace in ...

Rev. Dr. H. Paul Santmire Publishes New Book Dedicated to Lutherans Restoring Creation and it’s Founder, David Rhoads
The Rev. Dr. H. Paul Santmire, Lutherans Restoring Creation (LRC) Advisory Board member, has published a new book dedicated to ...

Light for Madrid – A Devotional
Thanks to the work of Green Shepherd, Lisa Brenskelle, there is a way for your congregation to hold a gathering ...

Prayers for Leadership on Climate Change
Representative, Ruth Ivory-Moore (Advocacy Energy & Environment) from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America joined the COP24 (the 24th Conference of ...

Ways to Integrate Creation Care in your Lenten Practices
During the season of Lent (or any other time of introspection), share these resources with your Bible Study group, Worship ...

Public Witness: from hand-wringing to actively loving neighbor
The 2019 ELCA Advocacy Convening (April 29 - May 1) gathered over 100 lay and rostered leaders to be trained ...

Living Earth Reflections from the ELCA Advocacy Office
ELCA Advocacy Office Relections Living Earth Reflections from ELCA Advocacy offers writing from staff and guest writers on a variety ...

Consider Caring for Creation Coaching
What is ELCA Coaching? Click here for a Ministry Description Why would you need a Creation Care Coach for your Synod ...

Finding Ways to Work Alongside Grief and Anguish
Thanks to all who joined the August 2020 Connections Call to share experiences with and resources on how to keep ...

Rev. H. Paul Santmire writes for the rest of us
Behold the Lilies: Jesus and the Contemplation of Nature: A Primer (2017) Read a chapter: From Lake Wobegon to the ...

Lenten Resource: Carbon Fast Calendar
Lutherans Restoring Creation encourages you to try one new practice every day that may prevent further desecration of God's good ...

Awakening to God’s Call to Earthkeeping
Download this free resource for a non-politicized, easy to follow path to help connect faith, eco-theology and the community we ...

Devotional resources for use with the Bible and nature
EcoBible (2021) Through commentaries on the Hebrew Bible that fit perfectly with your daily study, Eco Bible reveals a spiritually ...

A Theology of Liturgy in a New Key: Worshiping With Creation
Thanks to David Rhoads, Paul Santmire, and Norman Habel who share here their Chapter 2 of "The Season of Creation: ...

Creation Spirituality Video Devotion (Winter)
Holy Trinity's Creation Care Team (Port Angeles - WA) is producing a monthly creation themed video devotion. Here is the ...

Enchantments of the Mississippi: a contemplative journey of time and place (2022)
Thomas Becknell has taken a deep and lingering look into one of our greatest rivers. Folded into the ripples of ...

A Grounded Faith: Reconnecting with Creator and Creation in the Season of Lent (2022)
Find out more about how to become engaged with a community of others readers working through this devotional at EcoFaith ...

Reflection for Good Friday
After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, Jesus said (in order to fulfill the scripture), “I am ...

A Watered Garden: Christian Worship and Earth’s Ecology (Augsburg Fortress, 2011)
A Watered Garden: Christian Worship and Earth's Ecology by Ben Stewart is excellent for worship committees and small group study. Check ...

“A Shared Concern” (Poem) by Gerhard Fuerst
A Shared Concern This is a collective obligation, this is a collective effort by humanity as a whole, by all ...

Companion Sites
Lutherans Restoring Creation greatly appreciates the volunteers who keep the following resources updated. We are also blessed to have a ...

Sacraments and Creation
The sacraments are occasions to reflect on human relationships with the rest of creation. Different Christian communities recognize different sacraments ...

Water: “Living Water” Bible Study
•Opening Prayer: Gracious God, we thank you for your many gifts, and especially for the gift of water that sustains all ...

Transportation: “On the Way” Bible Study
•Opening Prayer: Gracious God, we have gathered here from many places. Thank you for safe travels. Bless this time together. Amen. •Introductory discussion: ...

Creation reorientation: Liturgy to Reconcile People and Planet
(Click here to download this document.) Created by Bridget Jones in 2018 as part of her Masters of Divinity program ...

Lenten Devotions with a Creation Care Lens
There are a various times throughout the year these materials can be used, in part or in whole. However, Lent ...