Resource theme: Environment
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Like the morning stars
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Climate change is not an environmental issue – though thankfully environmentalists have been raising awareness of the issues for decades. By giving climate change a green or an environmental label, it makes it easier for us to shake off responsibility. Climate change needs to be mainstreamed. It is an issue of human rights and of…
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A Christian Case for Vegetarianism?
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Is there a Christian case to be made for vegetarianism? In this short article, I hope to answer this question in the affirmative! But first, it is important to make a few observations. For starters, the Bible does not prohibit eating meat. In the Bible, the eating of meat is sometimes prescribed and the New…
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Christian Eco-Theology: First Steps
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The global ecological crisis is first and foremost a spiritual crisis. We will not see the deep long-term transformations which are necessary unless we see spirituality as foundational. Spirituality is the essence of every expression of life- giving shape and significance to each relationship. It is expressed in love, justice, beauty, and all other life-giving…
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Faith in Action Stories: What can Christians offer to climate activism?
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A few years ago I attended an event at the Baptist Church where I was baptised in my teens. It was organised by Christians Against Climate Change, and they’d invited one of my heroes – a climate scientist, Prof John Houghton, who in the 1990s persuaded leaders of the evangelical right wing in America of…
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Faith in Action Stories: Hope for the Future
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Ten years ago I decided to take a gap year to volunteer with the Church in Peru. I wanted to experience more of the global church and see what God is doing around the world. I was away from all my friends and family and sometimes working in tough conditions, but I felt God’s love…
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Faith in Action Stories: A Sustainable Faith
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I must confess I was rather miffed recently when I heard that in the latest Anglican terminology, “discernment” has taken over from “vocation” as describing the process of determining whether or not someone has been called by God to ordination. The reason behind this I cannot fault – that everyone has a vocation, not just…
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Environment Workshop
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The aim of this SCM workshop is to explore the theme of Environment through the concept of life in all its fullness, the story of Creation, and our visions for a sustainable world. The workshop will take at least 80 minutes if you are using all the activities. What You’ll Need You’ll need a ball of…
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Ecology Confessions
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We confess that we are in danger of losing connection with the earth We have lost the art of walking bare foot on bare soil We forget that we do not own the ground we walk on We seldom tread gently enough Forgive us, loving God We confess that we are in danger of losing…
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