How Can I Care for Creation?

Be inspired and empowered to make care of God's earth central to your life.

From Earth Day in the 1970s to the present day, the Church has been a moral and ethical voice in encouraging a deep relationship between love of God and love of the earth. As climate change becomes an even more pressing issue and localized environmental injustices increase, the Church stands at the forefront of this conversation. Stephanie Johnson provides readers with tools to be inspired and empowered to make care of God's earth central to their lives.

Auteur

Stephanie McDyre Johnson is the chair of the Episcopal Church's Advisory Council on the Stewardship of Creation and Environmental Racism. An environmental planner and educator for nearly twenty years prior to her ordination, she is on the Leadership Circle of Blessed Tomorrow, a faith-based ecumenical group working on faith-based responses to climate change in collaboration with Eco America and the Advisory Board of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Seminary. She is the rector of St. Paul's Church in Riverside, Connecticut.

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Be inspired and empowered to make care of God's earth central to their lives.

From Earth Day in the 1970s to the present day, the Church has been a moral and ethical voice in encouraging a deep relationship between love of God and love of the earth. As climate change becomes an even more pressing issue and localized environmental injustices increase, the Church stands at the forefront of this conversation. Stephanie Johnson provides readers with tools to be inspired and empowered to make care of God's earth central to their lives.

Contenu

Introduction
Chapter 1: What Does the Bible Say?
Chapter 2: Our Separation from God, Nature, and Each Other
Chapter 3: A Short Primer on Eco-Theology
Chapter 4: The Episcopal Church in Caring for Creation
Chapter 5: What Can One Person Do?
Chapter 6: How Can I Green My Congregation?
A Few Final Thoughts
A Mini-Retreat for Eco-Ministry
Resources for Creation Care