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Eco Lectionary August
Eco Lectionary August
by Keynsham Methodist Church Eco Group
ECO-HINTS FROM THE LECTIONARY August 2011 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time—7 August 2011 I Kings 19: 1-8 Psalm 85: 8-13 Romans 10: 5-15 Matthew 14: 22-33 Elijah shows us just how important decent food is to us. Our intercessions today might consider the imbalance of food production a…
There is a season - Harvest Liturgy
There is a season - Harvest Liturgy
by SPCK - Margaret Pritchard Houston
HARVEST LITURGY Unless a grain of wheat falls… As we gather, we bring our offerings of food to the altar, then go to our seats. When the service is ready to begin, the reader goes to the lectern. Reading Genesis 1.26 –31a Reader….. A reading from the book of Genesis. Then God sa…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 6 The concealments of carbon markets and the publicity of love in a time of climate change
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 6 The concealments of carbon markets and the publicity of love in a time of climate change
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
The concealments of carbon markets and the publicity of love in a time of climate change It was first proposed by John Tyndall in 1859 that greenhouse gases – and especially carbon dioxide – play a role in regulating the diurnal temperature of the earth. In 1938 G. S. Callendar a…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 1c An intelligent response to environmental crisis
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 1c An intelligent response to environmental crisis
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
An intelligent response to environmental crisis The ecological crisis challenges us to be reasonable. Put like that, it sounds banal; but given the level of irrationality around the question, it is well worth saying, especially if we are clear about the roots of reasoning in thes…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5c Guiding principles for environmental and economic sustainability
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5c Guiding principles for environmental and economic sustainability
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Guiding principles for environmental and economic sustainability There are two guiding principles that seem to me to be self-evident. First, don’t use natural resources faster than they can be replenished by the planet. Second, don’t deposit wastes faster than they can be absorbe…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5d Carbon stabilization and economic development
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5d Carbon stabilization and economic development
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Carbon stabilization and economic development There is one elephant in the room that I want to touch on before concluding and that is economic growth. Our leaders, in public at least, accept two imperatives – carbon stabilization and continuing economic development…
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