Reflections on Attending Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light Advocacy Training, August 26, 2015
by Pastor Inge Williams, Friedens Lutheran Church, Shartlesville, Pennsylvania
I recently heard a theologian say that the first reaction of people to an awareness of the environmental crisis tends to be despair. This was certainly the case for me. I vividly remember the moment when I read the IPCC’s press report in a college computer lab in 2007 and realized that humans were wreaking havoc on the climate. I fell into a spiritual crisis, paralyzed by a sudden understanding of the weight of our folly. (read more)