FACT: The Earth is Good! (Click) Get the Good News in less than 2 minutes here and share with someone who needs to be reminded. Do you have more Good News to share from your congregation? Let your light shine > https://bit.ly/LRCActionPlan Then dive deeper: Lutherans Restoring Creation Board Member, Baird Linke: discusses the criticalRead More →
The Creation Care Team of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Port Angeles, WA produces a monthly creation-themed video devotion. This month’s theme is trees. Trees talk and make air. Humans discover and celebrate the biggest secrets of our wooden friends. Please watch the devotion here:Read More →
Holy Trinity’s Creation Care Team (Port Angeles – WA) is producing a monthly creation themed video devotion. Here is the link to “Winter” You can find all video devotions on our youtube channel ‘Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Port Angeles’ We hope to inspire care for creation by sharing insights from medieval saints, nature discoveries andRead More →
Lutherans Restoring Creation encourages you to try one new practice every day that may prevent further desecration of God’s good Creation or harm to those in the wake of unjustly utilized natural resources. Rather than giving things up – you will be taking on new habits that help us all! 2023 Carbon Fast Lent CalendarRead More →
During the season of Lent (or any other time of introspection), share these resources with your Bible Study group, Worship committee, Youth Group, Church Council or just for your own personal Lenten journey: Print out +/or share day-to-day tools using any of these calendars or check lists: Check out the Carbon Fast Calendar for 2023Read More →
On a recent Connections Call we asked folks to share some readings and resources that give them strength. Here are some links and downloads per their suggestions. (To listen to the call, just click here.) Thanks to all the Green Shepherds on the call and bless your work! We Were Made for These Times, EssayRead More →
Thanks to the work of Green Shepherd, Lisa Brenskelle, there is a way for your congregation to hold a gathering many miles away in prayer. As the U.N. Climate Conference met in Madrid (Dec. 2-13, 2019) prayers were sent to support their efforts by bringing the conversation into churches in a prayerful way. Consider bringingRead More →
The 2019 ELCA Advocacy Convening (April 29 – May 1) gathered over 100 lay and rostered leaders to be trained as advocates. The theme: “Prepared to Care: Our Advocacy in Light of Disasters Intensified by Climate Change.” Below are some highlights as I, Phoebe Morad, experienced them. Thanks to those who support Lutherans Restoring CreationRead More →
Our ecumenical companion site, www.LetAllCreationPraise.org , is maintained by long-time supporter and fellow Lutheran restoring creation, Nick Utphall. This site is an online library of commentaries, hymns, worship samples and devotions which speak to a wide variety of Christian faiths. Rev. Utphall is pastor at Madison Christian Community in Wisconsin. Check out their site forRead More →
There are a various times throughout the year these materials can be used, in part or in whole. However, Lent is a unique time we look for tools to help us connect with each other or introspectively to consider how we live out our faith. Take these on as a Bible Study group, with aRead More →