The Sham Slam on Critical Race Theory (CRT): A Dodge from Truth and Reconciliation
It’s time once again to color outside the lines of our Eco-justice theme to address another “critical” matter that’s making local and national headlines. For as MLK Jr. reminded us, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Let’s begin by defining terms...
Jump-starting Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home
The most profound statement that the Christian Church has made over the past decade regarding the global eco-justice crisis facing humanity is Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home. But a papal statement, no matter how profound,...
Listen to your Mother: Use your outside voice – Later is too late
In the existential battle of our lifetime, sparing all living things from the worse case scenario of unfettered global warming, some of the fiercest and most passionate front line warriors are none other than… Mothers. On the observance of Mothers’ Day 2021,...
Measuring up to the environmental justice challenge
“The opportunity for a gradual but complete break with our destructive environmental history and a new beginning is at hand…. We can measure up to the challenge if we have the will to do so — that is the only question. I am optimistic that this generation...
Tilling and Keeping the “Garden of Delight”
It is time to turn another page on the calendar. No fooling, it’s already April 1st. That means “springtime” has now been with us for well over a week. The first day of spring, the Vernal (new/fresh) Equinox (equal night) arrived in my part of the planet this year at...
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