CREATION JUSTICE BLOG
Pittsboro Presbyterian Church
WELCOME to the Creation Justice blog, managed by the Creation Justice Team of Pittsboro Presbyterian Church. We are a small group with a BIG concern about the fate of all God’s creatures, great and small, in this new era of human domination of our common home, planet Earth.
Acknowledging our Plastic Pandemic
Pandemic: An epidemic that has spread across multiple countries or continents, affecting a large number of people worldwide – Merriam-Webster Way back on May 6 of 2019 I kicked off this Creation Justice blog by addressing what I deemed to be the greatest existential...
Envisioning our nation’s birthday through the eyes of Frederick Douglass
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” - Frederick Douglass On a sultry summer’s day in 1852 a northern audience of mostly white folk, mostly women, paid 12 and a half cents admission to Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York to...
America 250 and the Movement we need
"This is not a moment, it's a movement." - lyrics from the song "My Shot" in the musical Hamilton. Whenever I sit down to tap out a post for this Creation Justice blog, I like to believe I’m participating in a movement. Bending the ark of the moral universe toward...
The Only in Monroe Show with Stephen Colbert
Consider this to be a postscript to yesterday’s post on the finale of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Last year when CBS made the shocking announcement of the decision to cancel The Late Show after a 33 year run, the immediate question on everyone’s mind was,“What...
Hello, Goodbye: The Cancel-ebration of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
May 21, 2026, was the very last time the in-person and on-line audience of late night TV heard the familiar words that had greeted us for the past 11 years, “Welcome. Welcome one and all, in here and out there to the Late Show. I am your host, Stephen Colbert.” In...
Tarnished Olympic Gold
"Citius, Altius, Fortius - Communiter" : "Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together" - Current Olympic motto adopted in 2021 to emphasize solidarity during challenging times It is a long distance and many decades away from a 2026 locker room in Milan, Italy to a 1963 jail...
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” - Psalm 139:14 It is Ash Wednesday in the year of our Lord 2026, the beginning of the 40 day observance of Lent. What a time to be alive as a citizen of the...
The Lord’s Case Against Israel: Micah 6:1-8
Justice. Mercy. Humility. Do. Love. Walk. Over the seven years that I have been hosting this Creation Justice blog, the scripture verse that has appeared far more than any other is Micah 6:8. I think of it as a six word formula for living the good life: do justice,...
Seeking & Establishing a Just Society in Modern America
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,...” - from the Preamble to the Constitution “Learn to do right; seek justice.” - Isaiah 1:17a This year of 2026 is unique in that it will mark the 250th anniversary of the...
Disturbers of the Peace
“And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:7 I invite you now to participate in an imaginary scenario with me. Imagine that it is Sunday morning. You are worshiping in the peaceful...
WELCOME to our Creation Justice blog managed by the Creation Justice Team of Pittsboro Presbyterian Church. We’re a small group with a BIG concern about the fate of all God’s creatures, great and small, in this new era of human domination of our common home, planet Earth.
Pittsboro Presbyterian Church
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Pittsboro NC 27312
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Acknowledging our Plastic Pandemic
Pandemic: An epidemic that has spread across multiple countries or continents, affecting a large number of people worldwide – Merriam-Webster Way back on May 6 of 2019 I kicked off this Creation Justice blog by addressing what I deemed to be the greatest existential...
Envisioning our nation’s birthday through the eyes of Frederick Douglass
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” - Frederick Douglass On a sultry summer’s day in 1852 a northern audience of mostly white folk, mostly women, paid 12 and a half cents admission to Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York to...
America 250 and the Movement we need
"This is not a moment, it's a movement." - lyrics from the song "My Shot" in the musical Hamilton. Whenever I sit down to tap out a post for this Creation Justice blog, I like to believe I’m participating in a movement. Bending the ark of the moral universe toward...
The Only in Monroe Show with Stephen Colbert
Consider this to be a postscript to yesterday’s post on the finale of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Last year when CBS made the shocking announcement of the decision to cancel The Late Show after a 33 year run, the immediate question on everyone’s mind was,“What...
