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Creation Care Catechism
This Creation Care Catechism is an excellent resource honoring our Christian traditions and forcing us to think about them in ...
“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 ...
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50%
The ELCA has called for a 50% reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emission by 2030! There are so many resources to ...
Let’s Talk! video interview with Lisa Dahill
Paul Santmire talks with Lisa Dahill, the Miriam Therese Winter Chair for Transformative Leadership and Spirituality, Director of the Center ...
Earth Examen (Youth & Adult versions)
The Earth Examen practice does not require any special place or expertise. This is just a method for truly taking ...
Five Theses for Earth Day (Rhoads & Santmire)
The Board of Directors of Lutherans Restoring Creation thanks Rev. Dr. David Rhoads and Rev. Dr. H. Paul Santmire for ...
Eco-Justice Criticism of the New Testament
Who Will Speak for the Sparrow? by David Rhoads Giving Voice to Nature in Biblical Interpretation. In recent decades, there ...
ELCA World Hunger Offers Vacation Bible School Resources
This vacation Bible school program, “River of Life,” focuses on the importance of water, highlighting how ELCA World Hunger is ...
H. Paul Santmire videos
On Paul Santmire's website hpaulsantmire.net you will find videos about this octogenarian ecotheologian, including "My Life's Work," "Toward a Cosmic ...
Perspectives on Animals as Food
July 2021 Connections Call Recording & Related Resources: Hear as Sarah & Brandon Bowers describe their methods of raising animals ...
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 ...
Tools for Talking and Listening
Being church together doesn't have to mean we have one mind. Listening to the Holy Spirit within each of our ...
