Lectionary Commentaries - Years A, B, and C – Lutherans Restoring Creation

Preaching on Creation: Sunday of the Passion (Palm Sunday) in Year A (Mundahl17)

Offering Life for the World - Tom Mundahl reflects on Christ's suffering and death. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Preaching on Creation: Sunday of the Passion (Palm Sunday) in Year A (Ormseth14)

Faithful Servant of God's Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the last week of Jesus' life on earth. Care for ...
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Fourth Sunday in Lent in Year A (Mundahl17)

All of the Baptized Are Sent - Tom Mundahl reflects on our call to serve. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Fourth Sunday in Lent in Year A (Meyer23)

Here's Mud in Your Eye! - Emily Meyer reflects on tutorials in Divine vision, the Vernal Equinox, and healing individual ...
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Preaching on Creation: Fifth Sunday in Lent (March 26) in Year A (Mundahl17)

Can These Bones Live? - Tom Mundahl reflects on the cost of transitioning to a creation-normed economy ...
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Preaching on Creation: Fifth Sunday in Lent (March 26) in Year A (Ormseth14)

ork of the Spirit makes God’s love for the cosmos worthy of trust. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on John 11 ...
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Third Sunday in Lent in Year A (Ormseth14)

Real Water, Holy Water - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the Samaritan woman finishing a story that began with Nicodemus. Care ...
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Third Sunday in Lent in Year A (Mundahl17)

Come and See - Tom Mundahl reflects on God's gift of water. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common ...
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Fourth Sunday in Lent in Year A (Ormseth14)

Do we see God's work in all creation? - Dennis Ormseth reflects on John 9. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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First Sunday of Christmas in Year A (Meyer23)

Praise God! Creation as Balm for Grief - Emily Meyer reflects on the slaughter of the Innocents through lenses of ...
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Second Sunday in Lent in Year A (Ormseth14)

The Spirit is the Giver and Sustainer of Life, All of Life - Dennis Ormseth reflects on how these things ...
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Second Sunday in Lent in Year A (Mundahl17)

Living in Promises and Hope - Tom Mundahl reflects on land and the struggle to "till (serve) and keep" it ...
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First Sunday in Lent in Year A (Ormseth14)

Lent Calls Us to Serve the Flourishing of Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the temptation of Jesus and what ...
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First Sunday in Lent in Year A (Mundahl17)

The Way of Ecojustice in a Dangerous Time - Tom Mundahl reflects on our place in the world. Care for ...
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Ash Wednesday in Years A, B, and C (Litman-Koon23)

From Dust, To Dust – Kris Litman-Koon explores how Ash Wednesday is an invitation to reassess what we value with ...
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Transfiguration of Our Lord in Year A (Ormseth17)

All Creation Looks Forward to God's Glory - Dennis Ormseth reflects on mountain experiences. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Sixth Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Mundahl14)

Our Help Is in the Name of the LORD - Tom Mundahl reflects on trusting in the One who made ...
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Sixth Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Ormseth17)

Choosing Life - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the whole creation being aware of how people choose. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Third Sunday of Easter in Year C (Saler16)

Divine Recapitulation – Robert Saler reflects on being called to join God's material improvisation of salvation. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Seventh Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Ormseth17)

Rejecting the Paradigm of Domination - Dennis Ormseth reflects on what it means to bring an "image of God" to ...
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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Mundahl14)

We Are Epiphany Communities - Tom Mundahl reflects on being salt for the Earth and bearing light for the world ...
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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Ormseth17)

Meeting the "Creational Need" of Nature - Dennis Ormseth reflects on salt and light. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Fourth Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Mundahl14)

Unanimous Approval of Mountains, Hills, and the Foundations of the Earth - Tom Mundahl reflects on what happens when we ...
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Fourth Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Ormseth17)

Empowered in God's Love for the Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on earth-honoring faith. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Third Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Mundahl14)

Christian Care for Creation Will Address Chemical Spills - Tom Mundahl reflects on mending torn nets, community, and creation. Care ...
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Third Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Schade17)

Needing New Nets: Fishing for People in a Creation-Crisis Age - Leah Schade reflects on what empty nets tell us ...
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Second Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Mundahl14)

We Are Home - Tom Mundahl reflects on the community of creation. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common ...
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Second Sunday after Epiphany in Year A (Schade17)

Droplets of Paradox: The Ripples of Our Baptismal Calling - Leah Schade reflects on the "foolishness" of creation care ministry. Care ...
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Baptism of Our Lord in Year A (Mundahl14)

Gentle Justice for People and Creation - Tom Mundahl reflects on baptism and obedience. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Baptism of Our Lord in Year A (Martin23)

Stepping into Theological Uncertainty - Tom Martin reflects on what we are called to do as God's Servant. Care for ...
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First Sunday of Christmas in Year A (Mundahl13)

Greater Courage and Imagination - Tom Mundahl reflects on standing up against those who would destroy. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Baptism of Our Lord in Year A (Schade17)

Inauguration by Water – The Baptism of Jesus - Leah Schade reflects on Matthew 3:13-17 and Isaiah 42:1-9. Care for ...
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Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Eve and Day) in Year A (Ormseth10)

A Light Shining in the Darkness - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day readings. Care for Creation ...
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Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Eve in Years A, B, and C (Mundahl21)

Earth's Child – Tom Mundahl reflects on the arrival of the Prince of Peace. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised ...
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Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Eve and Day) in Year C (Ormseth12)

All of Earth Rejoices at the Birth of Jesus - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day readings ...
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Fourth Sunday of Advent in Year A (Saler13)

Faithfulness and Creativity - Robert Saler reflects on the example of Saint Joseph. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised ...
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Third Sunday of Advent in Year A (Saler13)

Expanding the Imagination with Vision - Robert Saler reflects on what might stir congregations to creative action. Care for Creation ...
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Second Sunday of Advent in Year A (Saler13)

Granting Time, Rupturing Time - Robert Saler reflects on the real objects of our piety. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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First Sunday of Advent in Year A (Santmire16)

Why bother with Advent? - Paul Santmire reflects on the start of Advent season. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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First Sunday of Advent in Year A (Andrews22)

God's Ways - Liv Larson Andrews reflects on peace, darkness, and time. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common ...
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Christ the King Sunday in Year C (Schade13)

Worshiping the True King, the Cosmic Christ - Leah Schade reflects on honoring the cosmic vulnerability. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Christ the King Sunday in Year C (Utphall22)

Bigger than That - Nick Utphall reflects on our politics and the eternal results of the Cosmic Christ. Care for ...
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First Sunday of Advent in Year A (Saler13)

A Christian Stance of Hopefulness - Robert Saler reflects on improvisation. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common Lectionary ...
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Sunday November 13-19 in Year C (Utphall22)

A New Song - Nick Utphall reflects on the voice of the forest in concert with us. Care for Creation ...
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Sunday November 13-19 in Year C (Schade13)

Preaching the End of the World in the Face of the End of the World - Leah Schade reflects on ...
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All Saints Sunday in Year C (Mundahl13)

Communion of All Creation - Tom Mundahl reflects on our refusal to be the responsible consciousness of creation. Care for ...
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All Saints Sunday in Year C (Utphall22)

Saints Below and Here - Nick Utphall reflects on God’s presence beyond and within the lives of the saints. Care ...
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Reformation Sunday in Year C (Mundahl13)

Looking Around for God - Tom Mundahl reflects on a reformation that recognizes God's presence in all creation. Care for ...
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Reformation Sunday in Year C (Utphall22)

Looking Past the Fortress - Nick Utphall reflects on the river that makes God glad and flows with grace. Care for ...
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Sunday October 16-22 in Year C (Mundahl13)

God’s Presence and Blessing - Tom Mundahl reflects on the source of our care for creation. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Sunday October 9 – 15 in Year C (Mundahl13)

The Power of Servanthood to Break Through Boundaries - Tom Mundahl reflects on what it means to be servants of ...
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Sunday October 2-8 in Year C (Mundahl13)

Care for Creation and Wait in Patience - Tom Mundahl reflects on a life of faith and trust. Care for ...
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Sunday September 25 – October 1 in Year C (Mundahl13)

What Hope Is There Unless We Address Our Consumption? - Tom Mundah reflects on the inequality of wealth. Care for Creation ...
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Sunday September 18 – 24 in Year C (Mundahl13)

Embracing a Gift Economy - Tom Mundahl reflects on the problem of wealth. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised ...
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Sunday September 11 – 17 in Year C (Mundahl13)

Interceding Before Corporations, Military Organizations, and Governments That Destroy God’s Creation - Tom Mundahl reflects on the "priestly task." Care for ...
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Sunday October 2-8 in Year B (Wright18)

In Celebration of St. Francis - Nancy Wright reflects on four themes of creation care in this Sunday's readings. Care for ...
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Sunday September 4 – 10 in Year C (Carr19)

Holding Steady the Vision of the Common Good – Amy Carr reflects on calculating the cost. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Sunday September 4 – 10 in Year C (Taylor22)

Detachment as Creation Justice – brother ken, OLF, reflects on what we are willing to let go. Care for Creation ...
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Sunday August 28 – September 3 in Year C (Saler13)

Keeping Ecological Theology from Becoming Ideology - Robert Saler reflects on the gift of opening ourselves to critique. Care for ...
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Sunday August 28 – September 3 in Year C (Carr19)

Guests and Hosts – Amy Carr reflects on humility and the company we value. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised ...
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Sunday September 4 – 10 in Year C (Saler13)

Following Jesus into Earth: A New Reformation? - Robert Saler reflects on the implications of theological transformation. Care for Creation ...
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Sunday August 21 – 27 in Year C (Saler13)

The Tension Between Action and Rest - Robert Saler reflects on the right balance. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Sunday August 21 – 27 in Year C (Carr22)

To Climate Change Deniers and Climate Despairers - Amy Carr reflects on variable gospel notes to the hard of heart ...
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Sunday August 14 – 20 in Year C (Saler13)

Hard Sayings of Jesus: Blessing or Naming? - Robert Saler reflects on being a clear-eyed observer of human freedom and ...
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Sunday August 21-27 in Year A (Ormseth11)

The Best Title for Jesus? He is the Lord and Servant of Creation! - Dennis Ormseth reflects on who the Gospel of ...
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Sunday August 7 – 13 in Year C (Saler13)

Freedom from Fear is Freedom to Act - Robert Saler reflects on the conerstone Lutheran slogan, "justification by grace through ...
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Sunday July 17-23 in Year C (Saler13)

Right Delight is the Basis of Right Action - Robert Saler reflects on contemplation and action. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Sunday July 24-30 in Year C (Saler13)

Thinking with Nature Inspires Wonder - Robert Saler reflects on Jesus' invitation towards valuation. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised ...
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Sunday July 31 – August 6 in Year C (Saler13)

Is Distance Our Security? - Robert Saler reflects on embracing interdependence joyfully. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common ...
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Sunday July 24 – 30 in Year C (Carr22)

On Contentiously Communing with God for Planetary Well-Being - Amy Carr reflects on a deeper asking, searching, knocking. Care for ...
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Sunday July 17 – 23 in Year C (Litman-Koon22)

Hospitality in Many Forms – Kris Litman-Koon explores how hospitality is displayed in our lectionary readings, and how ecological hospitality ...
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Sunday July 10 – 16 in Year C (Litman-Koon22)

The Fruits Among Us – Kris Litman-Koon ponders how relationships – divine, human, and ecological – are a common theme ...
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Sunday July 10 – 16 in Year C (Ormseth13)

Living in the Presence of God – Dennis Ormseth reflects on the care of all God's creation being within our reach when ...
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Sunday July 3 – 9 in Year C (Ormseth13)

Down-to-Earth Benefits for the Entire Community – Dennis Ormseth reflects on stepping out beyond the religious competition to curry God's favor and ...
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Sunday July 3 – 9 in Year C (Carr19)

We Reap What We Sow – Amy Carr reflects on forging just relations for both land and people. Care for Creation ...
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Sunday June 26 – July 2 in Year C (Ormseth13)

Love the Neighborhood As Yourself! – Dennis Ormseth reflects on bringing the human economy into consonance with the Great Economy. Care ...
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Sunday June 19 – 25 in Year C (Ormseth13)

Generosity, Candor in Brokenness, and Resilient Hope – Dennis Ormseth wonders if we can be freed by a “cultural exorcism” to ...
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Holy Trinity Sunday in Year C (Ormseth13)

Play Requires Partnership – Dennis Ormseth asks, "What if we thought of Christ as Wisdom, God’s playmate who leads us into joyful ...
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Sunday June 5 – 11 in Year C (Ormseth)

“Generosity over scarcity, brokenness in the face of denial, and hope in the place of despair.” Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common Lectionary ...
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Day of Pentecost in Year C (Ormseth13)

The Praising Human – Dennis Ormseth reflects on God's love of life and delight in creation serving as a model for ...
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Seventh Sunday of Easter in Year C (Mundahl13)

Sabbath Fufillment – Tom Mundahl reflects on striving to enable all members of creation to be what God intended them ...
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Seventh Sunday of Easter in Year C (Saler16)

Ecumenism as Ecological Lure – Robert Saler reflects on relating Christian discipleship to care for creation. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Day of Pentecost in Year B (Ormseth12)

In Pentecost, the whole creation is in process of being reconciled and incorporated into Christ. - Dennis Ormseth Care for ...
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Day of Pentecost in Year A (Ormseth11)

The Spirit is the Giver of Life! - Dennis Ormseth reflects on Pentecost. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common ...
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Sixth Sunday of Easter in Year C (Mundahl13)

Being “at Home” – Tom Mundahl reflects on our connection with God and our relationship with the natural world. Care ...
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Sixth Sunday of Easter in Year C (Saler16)

The Emboldening and Vital Courage of God – Robert Saler reflects on biblical insights of power, religion, and material pneumatology. Care ...
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Seventh Sunday of Easter in Year A (Ormseth11)

God can be counted upon to "keep" the creatures of God's creation. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on Jesus' Farewell Prayer ...
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Third Sunday of Easter in Year C (Mundahl13)

Called to Care for All Creatures - Tom Mundahl reflects on what it means to join in the hymn of ...
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Third Sunday of Easter in Year C (Retzlaff22)

The Rhythm of Creation Includes Breakfast on the Beach – Carmen Retzlaff reflects on the story of Jesus meeting his ...
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Fourth Sunday of Easter in Year C (Mundahl13)

Singing the "Hymn of Praise" with Gusto – Tom Mundahl reflects on the Risen One intensifying our purpose, especially our ...
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Fourth Sunday of Easter in Year C (Retzlaff22)

The Shepherd, the Flock, and the Lamb – Carmen Retzlaff reflects on our identity of sheep in apocalyptic times. Care ...
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Fifth Sunday of Easter in Year C (Mundahl13)

“Behold, the dwelling place of God is with humankind.” – Tom Mundahl reflects on all being made new. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Fifth Sunday of Easter in Year C (Saler16)

Debonair Care, or Use in Love –Robert Saler reflects on having a servant's heart for creation. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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First Sunday of Advent in Year C (Ormseth15)

Words Appropriate for the Season of Advent? - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the hope the Christian gospel offers an unjust world ...
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Second Sunday of Advent in Year C (Mundahl18)

Stay Together, Encourage One Another, and Actually Act - Tom Mundahl reflects on the connection between preparing the way and changing our ...
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Fourth Sunday of Easter in Year C (Saler16)

A Trinitarian / Ecclesial Tapestry – Robert Saler reflects on living into the economy of trinity and church. Care for Creation ...
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Second Sunday of Easter in Year C (Mundahl13)

Let Us Rejoice and Be Glad in It – Tom Mundahl reflects on celebrating the New World Order brought about by ...
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Second Sunday of Easter in Year C (Retzlaff22)

Atmospheric and Earthly Christ – Carmen Retzlaff reflects on imagery of sky and solidity in the Easter 2 texts. Care ...
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Second and Third Sundays of Easter in Year A (Utphall)

Needing New Life: Nick Utphall reflects on Easter, Earth Day's 50th anniversary, and coronavirus. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Third Sunday of Easter in Year A (Schade)

We need a "conversion to Earth!" - Leah Schade reflects on lives being changed. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Resurrection of Our Lord / Easter Sunday in Year C (Mundahl13)

Called to Re-member What Affirms Our Membership in a Newly Whole and Holy Creation. - Tom Mundahl reflects on the ...
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Sunday of the Passion / Palm Sunday in Year C (Saler13)

Passion and Ecology – Robert Saler reflects on the Spirit of life pulsating through death. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Sunday of the Passion / Palm Sunday in Year C (Ormseth16)

Creation's Interest – Dennis Ormseth reflects on the strength and cost of refusing the way of domination. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Fifth Sunday in Lent in Year C (Saler13)

Celebrating Care for Its Own Sake – Robert Saler reflects on caring for the dying creation as an act of hope ...
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Fifth Sunday in Lent in Year C (Ormseth16)

Overcoming Domination – Dennis Ormseth reflects on the "new thing" God is doing. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common ...
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Fourth Sunday in Lent in Year C (Saler13)

To Both Bless and Harm - Robert Saler reflects on human systems of self-reliance that prevent us from using the gift ...
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Fourth Sunday in Lent in Year C (Ormseth16)

New Creation! – Dennis Ormseth reflects on the promise that comes from the very heart of God. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Third Sunday in Lent in Year C (Saler13)

Let Repentance Linger - Robert Saler reflects on refusing to rush to easy consolation to create space for authentic encounter ...
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Third Sunday in Lent in Year C (Ormseth16)

Confronting Dualism - Dennis Ormseth reflects on God who is both creator and servant of creation. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Second Sunday in Lent in Year C (Saler13)

Of Land and Heaven – Robert Saler reflects on where our citizenship lies. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common ...
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Second Sunday in Lent in Year C (Ormseth16)

Creational Blessing – Dennis Ormseth reflects on resisting domination and living into God's promises. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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First Sunday in Lent in Year C (Saler13)

Blessed Are Those Who Walk Lightly on the Earth - Robert Saler reflects on the freedom bestowed by God's grace ...
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First Sunday in Lent in Year C (Ormseth16)

Rejecting Dominion – Dennis Ormseth reflects on our status as children of God. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common Lectionary ...
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Ash Wednesday in Years A, B, and C (Ormseth11)

Returning to Our Origins - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the start of our Lenten journey. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Ash Wednesday in Years A, B, and C (Sorensen22)

An Environmentalist-Turned-Pastor Reflects on Ash Wednesday - Lois Sorensen. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common Lectionary Readings for Ash ...
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Green Reflections on the Epiphany Season in Year C (Rhoads)

Eco-Reflections on the Season of Epiphany in Year C for Preaching and Devotions By David Rhoads Epiphany is the season ...
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Transfiguration of Our Lord in Year C (Mundahl16)

The Journeying One - Tom Mundahl reflects on living toward a new creation. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common Lectionary ...
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Transfiguration of Our Lord in Year C (Ormseth13)

Liberation of Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on what God's embodiment means for creation. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common ...
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Seventh Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (GreenBlades22)

Contemplating the Arc of Peace - Mark Ditmanson reflects on what it means to pray that we might be "instruments of ...
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Fifth Sunday in Lent in Year B (Mundahl18)

Ending Our Exile from Creation - Tom Mundahl reflects on owning the responsibilities of our priesthood. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Sixth Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (GreenBlades22)

A Delight to the Mind and Soul - Mark Ditmanson reflects on what the lives of trees can teach us ...
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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (GreenBlades22)

The Holy Seed Is Its Stump - Mark Ditmanson reflects on God's way of bringing life out of devastation. Care ...
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Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (Jan. 30) in Year C (Mundahl16)

Erasing Old Limits - Tom Mundahl reflects on new and imaginative communities of caritas. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised ...
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Fourth Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (Martin22)

A "Greta Thunberg" Sermon - Tom Martin reflects on loving pesky teenagers and grizzly bears. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Second Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (Mundahl16)

Feasting on the Abundance - Tom Mundahl reflects on what happens when we love all life and care for all ...
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Second Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (Ormseth13)

All Will Indeed Be Well - Dennis Ormseth reflects on Wisdom as the careful husbanding of resources for the protection, enhancement, ...
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Third Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (Ormseth13)

Justice and Renewal for Humans, Other Creatures, and the Land - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the biblical Year of Jubilee authorizing ...
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Third Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (Mundahl16)

Jubilee Thinking - Tom Mundahl reflects on restoring a sense of proper order. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common ...
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Third Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (Martin22)

NOW. - Tom Martin reflects on the prophets and Jesus calling us to ecojustice "today." Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Fourth Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (Ormseth13)

Call It Love - Dennis Ormseth reflects on whether we must appeal to “self-interest” in order to love creation as our ...
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Second Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (Martin22)

Grace Is Wet - Tom Martin reflects on how water pervades, undergrids, and provides the medium for all life, both ...
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Epiphany of Our Lord in Year C (Ormseth13)

Has God Thrown a New Star in Our Sky? - Dennis Ormseth reflects on needing wisdom to sustain us as we ...
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Baptism of Our Lord in Year C (Ormseth13)

The Earth Awaits - Dennis Ormseth reflects on Creation itself participating when the Spirit descends in bodily form as a dove. Care for ...
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Second Sunday of Advent in Year C (Ormseth12)

The New Beginning of a New Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on God who both levels mountains and raises valleys and ...
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Second Sunday of Christmas in Years A, B, and C (Ormseth13)

Giving, Receiving, and Giving Again - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the fullness of God. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised ...
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Second Sunday of Christmas in Years A, B and C (Mundahl22)

A Time for Gathering – Tom Mundahl reflects on freeing all creatures to dwell in peace and mutual respect. Care for ...
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First Sunday of Christmas in Year C (Ormseth12)

Wisdom's Playfield – Dennis Ormseth reflects on partnering with Wisdom in the play of discovery and the exercise of responsibility ...
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First Sunday of Christmas in Year C (Mundahl21)

Holding All Things Together – Tom Mundahl reflects on being a new wearer of clothes. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Fourth Sunday of Advent in Year C (Mundahl18)

Behold – Tom Mundahl reflects on recovering a sense of the mysterium tremendum. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common ...
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Fourth Sunday of Advent in Year C (Ormseth12)

Space and Time Are Opened for the Renewal of Earth - Dennis Ormseth reflects on all things falling within reach ...
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Second Sunday of Christmas in Year A (Mundahl14)

The “great gathering” of Earth community encompasses the material world of God’s good creation. - Tom Mundahl reflects on our ...
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Second Sunday of Christmas in Years A, B, and C (Mundahl15)

Coming Home - Tom Mundahl reflects on a return from exile. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary Readings ...
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Second Sunday of Christmas in Years A, B, and C (Utphall21)

God's Plan - Nick Utphall reflects on the order(s) of the universe and a baby. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Eve) in Year C (Schade18)

And on Earth – Peace: A Christmas Eve Eco-Reflection by Leah D. Schade Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised ...
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Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Eve) in Years A, B, and C (Utphall20)

Displaced and Found by God - Nick Utphall reflects on the place of baby Jesus in a pandemic. Care for ...
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Third Sunday of Advent in Year C (Ormseth12)

Reason for All of God’s Creation to Rejoice! - By Dennis Ormseth reflects on removal of the fear of disaster and ...
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Third Sunday of Advent (Dec. 12) in Year C (Mundahl18)

What Then Shall We Do? - Tom Mundahl reflects on bearing fruit. Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common ...
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First Sunday of Advent in Year C (Mundahl18)

God Will Dwell with Them - Tom Mundahl reflects on committing to a place, its people, and its very humus. Care ...
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Christ the King Sunday in Year B (Ormseth12)

An Ecological Concern Far More Powerful Than Stewardship - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the priesthood of all believers meaning that we ...
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Reign of Christ Sunday in Year B (Tucker21)

Responding to the Reign of Christ - Drew Tucker reflects on our language around God’s influence in our lives and ...
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Sunday November 13-19 in Year B (Ormseth12)

The Transformation of All Life - Dennis Ormseth reflects on Jesus' life and death. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary ...
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Sunday November 13-19 in Year B (Tucker21)

A Realistic, Optimistic Hope - Drew Tucker reflects on end times, resilience, and our place in the birth pangs of ...
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Sunday November 6-12 in Year B (Sassaman18)

Diversity and Unity, Uniqueness and Sameness - Jeremiah Sassaman reflects on loving all and being "with" all humanity and creation ...
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Sunday November 6-12 in Year B (Ormseth12)

Restored to the Eternal Motion of God's Love - Dennis Ormseth reflects on Jesus calling us from self-promotion and self-interest ...
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Sunday November 6-12 in Year B (Tucker21)

The Beginning of Abundance Is at the End of Scarcity - Drew Tucker reflects on how this week’s readings relate ...
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Sunday October 30 – November 5 in Year B (Sassaman18)

Creation Is Our Neighborhood - Jeremiah Sassaman reflects on loving our neighbors. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary ...
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Day of Pentecost (May 23) in Year B (Mundahl21)

Practice Resurrection - Tom Mundahl reflects on the story told by how we live. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Holy Trinity Sunday in Year B (Mundahl21)

Called to the Dance - Tom Mundahl reflects on making room. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary Readings ...
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Sunday October 23-29 in Year B (Ormseth12)

The Story of Bartimaeus - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the social, economic, political, and cosmological features of the Gospel. Care for ...
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Sunday October 23-29 in Year B (Carr21)

Do You See What I See? - Amy Carr reflects on walking without stumbling along waterways, roadsides, and temple byways ...
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Season of Creation Year A: Forest Sunday

Celebrating Forest Sunday in the Season of Creation “Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy.” This week ...
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The Third Sunday in the Season of Creation Year B: Sky Sunday

The Season of Creation is an optional season of the church year that celebrates God the creator and various domains ...
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Day of Pentecost (May 23) in Year B (Schade15)

Fire and Wind - Leah Schade reflects on letting the Pentecostal fires and the winds of the Spirit transform your congregation into ...
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Sunday June 5-11 in Year B (Schade15)

Act, and Do Not Lose Hope! - Leah Schade reflects on living in a house divided against itself. Care for ...
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Holy Trinity Sunday in Year B (Schade15)

Here Am I! - Leah Schade reflects on answering the call to love and serve creation. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Sunday June 12-18 in Year B (Schade15)

Mighty Cedars and Impertinent Mustard Plants: Signs of the Kin-dom of God - Leah Schade reflects on every green shoot ...
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Sunday June 5-11 in Year B (Ormseth12)

Life Outside the Garden of Goodness - Dennis Ormseth reflects on overcoming the hostilities that divide us. Care for Creation ...
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Sunday June 19-25 in Year B (Schade15)

Now is the acceptable time—to speak out boldly! - Leah Schade reflects on prophetic voice in the midst of the storm. Care ...
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Sunday July 3-9 in Year B (Mundahl15)

A Costly Calling - Tom Mundahl reflects on the courage and action required to be prophetic for creation. Care for Creation ...
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Season of Creation Year A: Land Sunday

Opening Blessing. Rejoice O soil, in the God who made you, Fear not animals of the field, for God provides ...
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Fifth Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth15)

The true vine is the sign of right relationship—Creator, people, and land interrelated. - Dennis Ormseth Care for Creation Commentary ...
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All Saints Sunday in Year A

The beatitudes address the oppressive conditions of empire—ancient and contemporary! Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary—Year A By ...
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The First Sunday in the Season of Creation, Year A: Forest Sunday

A sermon and handouts for the first Sunday in the Season of Creation, Year A: The First Sunday of the ...
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The Second Sunday in the Season of Creation, Year A: Land Sunday

Two sermons for the second Sunday in the Season of Creation, Year A, Land Sunday: "The Right to Love the ...
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The Third Sunday in the Season of Creation Year A: Wilderness Sunday

A sermon and handouts for the third Sunday in the Season of Creation, Year A, Wilderness Sunday: The Third Sunday ...
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The Fourth Sunday in the Season of Creation Year A: River Sunday

A sermon and handouts for the fourth Sunday in the Season of Creation, Year A, River Sunday: The Fourth Sunday ...
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The First Sunday in the Season of Creation in Year C: Ocean Sunday

Wisdom teaches that what God has gathered up in Christ, we humans should make healthy, free from toxins, cleaned of ...
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Season of Creation: Third Sunday in Year C (Storm Sunday)

Finding the peace of God amidst storms, we are called to wake up and face up to the storms we ...
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Season of Creation: Fourth Sunday in Year C (Universe Sunday)

There is one Wisdom, one Beauty, one Mind that flows through the universe. - Leah Schade reflects on the Fourth Sunday ...
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Reformation Sunday, Year A

Care for Creation Commentary on the Common lectionary in Year A Reformation Sunday, by Dennis Ormseth Psalm 46 Jeremiah 31:31-34 Romans ...
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Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Year A

The Psalms of Christmas: Let All Creation Praise By Dennis Ormseth Reading for Series B: 2011-2012 Nativity of our Lord ...
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The First Sunday after Epiphany in Year C

Series C (2015-2016) By Tom Mundahl INTRODUCTION TO EPIPHANY If the purpose of the Church Year is to organize community ...
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Introduction to the Season of Lent in Year C (Ormseth)

Eco-Justice Commentary on the Common Lectionary for Lent in Year C 2016 by Dennis Ormseth Introduction to the Season Towards ...
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Let All Creation Praise! – companion site

Our ecumenical companion site, www.LetAllCreationPraise.org , is maintained by long-time supporter and fellow Lutheran restoring creation, Nick Utphall. This site ...
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Sunday May 29 – June 4 in Year C (Ormseth)

Join all the Earth in a new song to the Lord. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary—Year C by ...
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Sunday June 12 – 18 in Year C (Ormseth)

We must acknowledge that God is present in, with, and under all creation. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common ...
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Sunday July 31 – August 6 in Year A (Carr20)

Incline Your Ear and Listen Carefully - Amy Carr reflects on our response to grief, anguish, and the temptation to ...
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Season of Creation 2019: Sunday September 15 in Year C (Animal Sunday)

Wisdom leads us to change our relationships with our animal brothers and sisters in God’s creation. Leah Schade reflects on the ...
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Epiphany of Our Lord in Years A, B, and C (Ormseth11)

We need wisdom to sustain us as we live with the rest of Earth community. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the ...
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Resurrection of Our Lord (Easter Day) in Year A (Schade)

How does creation participate in this new life? - Leah Schade reflects on Christ's passion and resurrection through an ecological ...
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Fourth Sunday of Easter (May 3, 2020) in Year A (Utphall)

Needing New Life: Nick Utphall reflects on following the Good Shepherd. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary Readings ...
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Second Sunday of Easter (April 19, 2020) in Year A (Schade)

Celebrating the Subversive Life of the Resurrection - Leah Schade reflects on the lessons of Holy Humor Sunday. Care for ...
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Fourth Sunday of Easter (May 3, 2020) in Year A (Schade)

Let us live into a vision of sustainability for the whole Earth community. - Leah Schade reflects on the Good ...
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Fifth Sunday of Easter (May 10, 2020) in Year A (Schade)

Ocean Coral Illuminates the "Living Stone" of Christ. - Leah Schade reflects on 1 Peter 2 and John 14. Care ...
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Sixth Sunday of Easter (May 17, 2020) in Year A (Ormseth)

Human beings grow into divine fellowship to participate in the relief of nature's groaning. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on living ...
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Holy Trinity Sunday in Year A (Mundahl)

Survival Is Insufficient - Tom Mundahl reflects on the Trinitarian model of "making room." Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Holy Trinity Sunday in Year A (Ormseth)

The Story of Jesus the Servant of Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the triune God of creation. Care for ...
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Sunday June 12-18 in Year A (Mundahl)

A Community to Serve the Whole Earth - Tom Mundahl reflects on support, endurance, and hope for the challenges we ...
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Sunday June 19-25 in Year A (Mundahl)

It Can't Happen Here - Tom Mundahl reflects on prophetic voice and lament. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common ...
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Sunday June 26 – July 2 in Year A (Mundahl)

Fake News - Tom Mundahl reflects on the alternative. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary Readings for Sunday ...
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Sunday July 3-9 in Year A (Carr20)

Taking on Rationalization - Amy Carr reflects on donkeys facing war horses. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary ...
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Sunday July 10-16 in Year A (Ormseth)

The Parable of the Sower as Sign of God's Provision in Nature - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the Servant of Creation ...
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Sunday June 26 – July 2 in Year A (Ormseth)

Righteousness and Justice for All Creation! - Dennis Ormseth reflects on true prophets. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary ...
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Sunday July 17-23 in Year A (Ormseth)

Desist from Ecological Destruction, NOW! - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the ecological integrity of all things. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Sunday July 24-30 in Year A (Ormseth)

Feast on These Parables from Nature! - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the messy business of God's kingdom. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Sunday August 7-13 in Year A (Thompson)

All-Encompassing, Hopeful, and Embodied Faith This week Lutheran's Restoring Creation is excited to offer a guest commentary from Andrew Thompson, ...
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Sunday August 14-20 in Year A (Ormseth)

If we are to address Earth-care together, no nation can claim privileged exceptionalism. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on a global scope ...
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Sunday October 2-8 in Year A (Ormseth11)

A Parable about Caring for Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the parable of the vineyard. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Sunday October 9-15 in Year A (Ormseth)

It Is God's Will - Dennis Ormseth reflects on joining with the Lord, Servant of Creation, in unending care of creation ...
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Sunday August 28 – September 3 in Year A (Ormseth)

Following Jesus as Servant of Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on self-centered reasons and altruism. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Sunday October 16-22 in Year A (Schifferdecker)

Let all creation praise by not polluting! - Kathryn Schifferdecker reflects on creation's ability to praise its Creator. Care for ...
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Sunday September 4-10 in Year A (Ormseth)

Love Your Neighbor! - Dennis Ormseth reflects on cultivating a sense of place, where love for one another includes all of ...
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Sunday September 11-17 in Year A (Ormseth)

A Reconfigured Parable - Dennis Ormseth reflects on a parable's proposal of the unlimited economy of grace. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Sunday October 23-29 in Year A (Ormseth)

To love neighbor involves love for their neighborhood. To love God involves love for God's creation. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on ...
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Sunday September 18-24 in Year A (Ormseth)

Acceptance in an Economy of Grace - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the parable of the workers in the vineyard. Care for ...
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Sunday September 18-24 in Year A (Santmire)

In Praise of Generosity - Paul Santmire reflects on a kairos moment for Americans. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Sunday September 25 – October 1 in Year A (Santmire)

Things Fall Apart: One Center Holds - Paul Santmire reflects on a counter-cultural alternative to a consumer economy. Care for ...
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Sunday October 30 – November 5 in Year A (Ormseth)

Called To Be No Less Than Servants of Creation. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on servant leadership. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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First Sunday of Advent in Year B (Ormseth11)

We Await the Transformation of the Cosmos. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on an orientation to God's Creation in the season of ...
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Second Sunday of Advent in Year B (Mundahl20)

Thinking the Unthinkable - Tom Mundahl reflects on our communal lament and hope for wholeness. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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First Sunday of Advent in Year B (Mundahl14)

Stay Alert with Hope; and Beware the Consumers of Christmas. - Tom Mundahl reflects on hope, watching, and serving. Care ...
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Sunday November 13-19 in Year A (Ormseth)

Claiming the Future as Precious Gifts of People and Land. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on acting boldly for restoration and healing ...
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Christ the King Sunday in Year A (Ormseth)

We are the sheep of God's pasture. We are the people of God's Earth. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the inclusion ...
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First Sunday of Advent in Year B (Mundahl20)

Let's Just Start Over! - Tom Mundahl reflects on the start of Advent in the midst of pandemic, climate crisis, ...
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Second Sunday of Advent in Year B (Ormseth11)

Advent Is about Gathering for the New Creation. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on wilderness. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common ...
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Second Sunday of Advent in Year B (Mundahl14)

Thinking about the Unthinkable - Tom Mundahl reflects on our desert struggle in the time of climate crisis. Care for ...
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Third Sunday of Advent in Year B (Mundahl20)

Rejoice? - Tom Mundahl reflects on joy in the midst of grief. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary ...
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Third Sunday of Advent in Year B (Ormseth11)

Joyful Anticipation of the Transformation of Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the cosmological significance of Christ. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Third Sunday of Advent in Year B (Mundahl14)

Living the Anticipation, with Joy and New Light - Tom Mundahl reflects on what it means to be whole. Care ...
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Fourth Sunday of Advent in Year B (Mundahl20)

Courage - Tom Mundahl reflects on beholding versus seeing. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary Readings for the ...
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Fourth Sunday of Advent in Year B (Ormseth11)

Bearing God into the World - Dennis Ormseth reflects on Christ's birth opening space and time for the renewal of Earth ...
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Baptism of Our Lord in Year B (Ormseth15)

Jesus Ushers in a New Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the new creation we experience in baptism. Care for Creation ...
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Second Sunday after Epiphany in Year B (Ormseth15)

Planting Trees as Symbol and Expression of the Restoration of Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on God's presence in creation. Care ...
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Second Sunday after Epiphany in Year B (Ormseth12)

God Is the God of Embodiment throughout Earth and Sky! - Dennis Ormseth reflects on God's presence calling us to care ...
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Third Sunday after Epiphany in Year B (Ormseth15)

This Changes Everything: No Longer Business as Usual - Dennis Ormseth reflects on Jesus inviting the common folk to join him ...
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Third Sunday after Epiphany in Year B (Ormseth12)

It's Time to Break with Business as Usual and Tend God's Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on what we can learn ...
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Fourth Sunday after Epiphany in Year B (Ormseth15)

For Those Who Are in Christ, Creation Is New! - Dennis Ormseth reflects on driving out the demon of climate change ...
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First Sunday of Christmas in Year B (Utphall20)

Divorced, Together - Nick Utphall reflects on the connections in the family of creation. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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First Sunday of Christmas in Year B (Mundahl14)

Join the Hymn of All Creation - Tom Mundahl reflects on ministering to creation as priests of God. Care for ...
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First Sunday of Christmas in Year B (Ormseth11)

All Nature Sings! - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the incarnate God, given for all creation. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Baptism of Our Lord in Year B (Ormseth12)

If You Would Experience God, You Must Fall in Love with Earth - Dennis Ormseth reflects on baptism as a cosmic ...
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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany in Year B (Ormseth15)

New Creation Is Proactive: Regenerative and Restoring - Dennis Ormseth reflects on becoming full participants in maximizing life's creativity. Care ...
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Transfiguration of Our Lord in Year B (Ormseth15)

". . . a spirit from on high is poured out on us, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field" ...
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First Sunday of Lent in Year B (Mundahl18)

Coming Down to Earth - Tom Mundahl reflects on our vocation to make earth a hospitable household for all. Care ...
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Second Sunday of Lent in Year B (Mundahl18)

Turning Around and Rethinking the "Royal Theology" of Our Time - Tom Mundahl reflects on the appeal of kingdom, power, ...
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Second Sunday of Lent in Year B (Saler15)

Formed to “See” in the Way of the Cross - Robert Saler reflects on the scandalous particularity of our particular ...
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Second Sunday of Lent in Year B (Mundahl12)

Expend your life for Jesus and the gospel of new creation, and you will save it. – Tom Mundahl reflects on ...
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Third Sunday of Lent in Year B (Mundahl18)

Breathe in the Fragrance of Creation's Renewal – Tom Mundahl reflects on faith and courage for the renewal of creation. Care ...
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Third Sunday of Lent in Year B (Saler15)

Projection, Humility, and the Call for Justice - Robert Saler reflects on preaching care for creation. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Third Sunday of Lent in Year B (Mundahl12)

Let’s have a Lenten fast from our consumer economy! – Tom Mundahl reflects on the continuation and completion of the Sabbath ...
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Fourth Sunday of Lent in Year B (Mundahl18)

Loving the Cosmos as God Does - Tom Mundahl reflects on repenting of the "windigo" way. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Fourth Sunday of Lent in Year B (Saler15)

Preaching the Adventure of Passion – Robert Saler reflects on being a listening church. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common ...
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Fourth Sunday of Lent in Year B (Mundahl12)

How can we allow the religion of consumption to threaten God’s future? – Tom Mundahl reflects on turning from darkness to ...
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First Sunday of Lent in Year B (Saler15)

Jesus and the Journey of Overcoming - Robert Saler reflects on God's healing. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common ...
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First Sunday of Lent in Year B (Mundahl12)

Wilderness As a Place of Possibilities - Tom Mundahl reflects on finding hope in barrenness. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Second Sunday (April 11) of Easter in Year B (Ormseth12)

Our economy should reflect the self-giving of God’s gift of creation, the life of Jesus, and the sharing in the ...
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Fifth Sunday of Lent in Year B (Saler15)

Getting Real about the Mortality of the Earth - Robert Saler reflects on renouncing control over outcomes. Care for Creation ...
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Fifth Sunday of Lent in Year B (Mundahl12)

Wisdom from Gardening - Tom Mundahl reflects on the seed that dies to bear fruit. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Sunday of the Passion in Year B (Schade18)

More than Eco-Palms - Leah Schade reflects on ecojustice and Passion Sunday. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary ...
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Second Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth18)

“How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!” - Dennis Ormseth reflects on community, trinity, and ...
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Second Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth15)

The Self-Giving of the Community is Rooted in the Self-Giving of the Creator. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on what it means ...
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Third Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth18)

Earth Itself Arose - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the Spirit of creation. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary Readings ...
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Passion Sunday and Holy Week in Year B (Ormseth12)

The Transformation of All Life - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the reorientation of creation to its sacred center. Care for Creation ...
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Easter Sunday in Year B (Ormseth18)

A Meal for All Sorts of Hunger - Dennis Ormseth reflects on a broad resurrection vision. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Easter Sunday in Year B (Ormseth12)

Jesus is the Gardener - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the garden as the place of restoration. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Holy Week in Year B (Jorgenson18)

Root from Dry Ground - Kiara Jorgenson reflects on the themes of water in the Holy Week texts. Care for Creation ...
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Fourth Sunday of Easter (April 25) in Year B (Ormseth18)

All Creation Is Raised Up - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the Great Economy of the Good Shepherd. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Fourth Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth15)

Creation is our Home, the Abiding Place of Nurture and Sustenance - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the manner with which we ...
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Fourth Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth12)

We do indeed have this “good shepherd” in whose presence we may dwell all our days. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on ...
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Fifth Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth18)

In Christ's Resurrection the Earth Itself Arose - Dennis Ormseth reflects on creation acting on behalf of its Creator. Care for ...
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Fifth Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth12)

Vine and Branches Rooted in God’s Good Earth - Dennis Ormseth reflects on hope for all who live in exile from ...
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Sixth Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth15)

A flourishing planet in which all of life together is filled with the glory of God. - Dennis Ormseth Care ...
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Sixth Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth12)

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. - Dennis Ormseth Care for Creation Commentary on the Common ...
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Seventh Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth12)

Our human harmony with all of life is grounded in the great, all-encompassing, self-giving of God. - Dennis Ormseth Care ...
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Sixth Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth18)

Living the Ecological Vocation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the source of new life for all creation. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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The First Sunday in the Season of Creation in Year B: Planet Earth Sunday

The Season of Creation is an optional season of the church year that celebrates God the creator and various domains ...
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Seventh Sunday of Easter in Year B (Ormseth18)

Everything Is Changed - Dennis Ormseth reflects on reorientation of the community to God's creation. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Holy Trinity Sunday in Year B (Ormseth12)

Liberation and Restoration of the Whole Creation. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the relations of the Holy Trinity encompassing all ...
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Sunday June 12-18 in Year B (Ormseth12)

A New and Restorative Ordering of Life - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the kingdom of God and the great ecology ...
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Sunday June 19-25 in Year B (Ormseth12)

How is the God of creation related to the storms of global climate change? - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the interconnected ...
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Sunday June 26 – July 2 in Year B (Ormseth12)

The Full Sacredness of All the Earth - Dennis Ormseth reflects on Jesus crossing and removing boundaries. Care for Creation ...
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Sunday June 26 – July 2 in Year B (Carr21)

God Does Not Desire That Creatures Suffer - Amy Carr reflects on waiting and suffering, fairness and balance. Care for ...
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Sunday July 3-9 in Year B (Ormseth12)

Congregations who embrace care for creation will find joy in the initiatives they undertake. - Dennis Ormseth reflects on becoming faithful ...
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Sunday July 3-9 in Year B (Carr21)

Prophets and Apostles in Our Midst - Amy Carr reflects on a God-driven vision of right relations in our shared ...
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The Second Sunday in the Season of Creation in Year B: Humanity Sunday

The Season of Creation is an optional season of the church year that celebrates God the creator and various domains ...
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The Season of Creation in Year B: Saint Francis Sunday

The Season of Creation is an optional season of the church year that celebrates God the creator and various domains ...
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The Fourth Sunday in the Season of Creation in Year B: Mountain Sunday

The Season of Creation is an optional season of the church year that celebrates God the creator and various domains ...
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Sunday October 2-8 in Year B (Ormseth12)

Marriage, Family, and the Community of Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the profound mutuality between male and female in creation. Care ...
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Sunday August 28 – September 3 in Year B (Mundahl12)

Earth, Sky, and Water - Tom Mundahl reflects on "the commons" we all share. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common ...
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Sunday October 16-22 in Year B (Utphall18)

Restoring Right Relationship - Nick Utphall reflects on breaking the perpetual cycle of scapegoats and violence. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Sunday July 10-16 in Year B (Ormseth12)

The Whole of Inter-Related Creation - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the meals of Jesus overcoming our "reconciliation deficit disorder." Care ...
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Sunday October 9-15 in Year B (Utphall18)

Where Most of Us Stand - Nick Utphall reflects on finding our place in the struggle to care for the world's family ...
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Sunday July 10-16 in Year B (Mundahl15)

Faithfulness Will Spring Up from the Ground - Tom Mundahl reflects on God's shalom trumping "royal theologies." Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Sunday July 17-23 in Year B (Ormseth12)

Who Will Shepherd the Shepherdless? - Dennis Ormseth reflects on a way of life where vices have been transformed into economic ...
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Sunday July 24-30 in Year B (Ormseth12)

“Gather the pieces that are left over and let nothing be wasted”—reverential economy of our use of God’s grace. - ...
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Sunday July 24-30 in Year B (Mundahl15)

Bread That Gives Life to the World - Tom Mundahl reflects on the reverential economy of God's grace. Care for ...
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Sunday July 31 – August 6 in Year B (Mundahl15)

The Bread of Christ Is Life, and All of Life Is Communion. - Tom Mundahl reflects on the divine energy ...
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Sunday July 31 – August 6 in Year B (Ormseth12)

“The Choice Before Us is Stark.” - Dennis Ormseth Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary Readings for Sunday ...
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Sunday July 31 – August 6 in Year B (Carr18)

Heaven-Sent Bread - Amy Carr reflects on how the bread of life moves us more fully into an appreciation of ...
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Sunday July 17-23 in Year B (Mundahl15)

Shepherds and Children - Tom Mundahl reflects on restoring a healing relationship with the natural world. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Sunday July 24-30 in Year B (Carr21)

On Star Trek and Saving the Planet: Messianic Miracles in a New Key - Amy Carr reflects on living toward ...
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Sunday October 16-22 in Year B (Ormseth12)

Jesus as Suffering Servant - Dennis Ormseth reflects on the exemplar for our relationship with all of Earth community. Care for ...
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Preaching Series on St. Francis: Sunday October 9-15 in Year B (Santmire15)

Part 3: "Francis: Man of Wealth" - Paul Santmire honors St. Francis of Assisi with a 3-Sunday commentary series. Care for ...
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Preaching Series on St. Francis: Sunday October 2-8 in Year B (Santmire15)

Part 2: "Francis: Child of God" - Paul Santmire honors St. Francis with a 3-Sunday commentary series. Care for Creation Commentary ...
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Sunday October 9-15 in Year B (Ormseth12)

Impossible for Humans but Possible by God's Grace - Dennis Ormseth reflects on Jesus calling people to relinquish wealth for others ...
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Sunday September 25 – October 1 in Year B (Santmire15)

Part 1: "Francis: Prophet of God." - Paul Santmire honors St. Francis of Assisi with a 3-Sunday commentary series. Care ...
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Sunday September 25 – October 1 in Year B (Mundahl12)

To Stand Beholding - Tom Mundahl reflects on an alternative to our cravings and their resulting garbage. Care for Creation ...
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Sunday September 18-24 in Year B (Mundahl12)

Did God not make creation for the common good? - Tom Mundahl reflects on threats to community well-being. Care for Creation ...
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Sunday September 11-17 in Year B (Mundahl12)

“This is what love looks like!” - Tom Mundahl reflects on resisting global climate change. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Sunday September 4-10 in Year B (Mundahl12)

Reaching to the Heart of Faith - Tom Mundahl reflects on the church's response to climate change. Care for Creation Commentary on ...
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Sunday August 28 – September 3 in Year B (Carr21)

Good Laws or Pure Persons? - Amy Carr reflects on the nature of pollution. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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Sunday August 7-13 in Year B (Mundahl15)

The Hospitality of the World - Tom Mundahl reflects on membership in contrast to individualism. Care for Creation Commentary on the ...
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