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.
Here’s to your HEALTH!
It's a whole new game Humanity is now in the throes of a whole new ballgame played with a strict set of rules and survival as the end-game. Think of it as “viral dodge ball.” This is a game of the survival of the fittest. In the midst of a global pandemic, the...
NOT Business as Usual
CLOSED! CANCELED! SHUT DOWN! We are living in interesting times! And these are the signs of the times. It is an eerie, unsettling time unlike any this current edition of humanity has confronted. It is a disturbing, disruptive, daunting and down right deadly time in...
The Fierce Urgency of Now
We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there 'is' such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous...
Christmas reveals the Creator’s will for this world
Christmas reveals the Creator’s will for this world 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In...
The Word and Person of 2019: A Win-Win for Eco-Justice
At the end of each calendar year the Oxford Dictionary and TIME magazine reveal their choice for Word and Person of the Year. Typically the two have nothing in common with one another. Not so this year. If we didn’t know otherwise, we could imagine that the two...
From Climate Change to CLIMATE CRISIS!
Forget about “Climate Change.” Not the problem, but the term. It’s old hat, outdated and far too “vanilla” to paint the true picture of the critical state of planet Earth’s current and future climate. (Click here for a one minute podcast from NC Policy watch on this...
Smile, you’re on Candid (Critters) Camera!
Have you ever wondered what animals might be walking through your yard while you’re not looking, or what critters are living in the woods behind your house? PPC Eco-Justice team member Connie McAdams had both the curiosity and the wooded property that motivated her to...
Single Use Plastic, Will You Please GO NOW!
Marvin K. Mooney is a Dr. Seuss character whose welcome has been worn out! The entire book (Marvin K. Mooney, will you please go now) is dedicated to informing Marvin that it’s time that he was on his way out, and suggesting a myriad of ways by which he might exit the...
A Visit to Common Thread Weaving Studio
The single use plastic shopping bag has become a plague on the planet, a bane and a drain on the environment that supports all life on earth. Carelessly lost or tossed away, they end up polluting lands and waters across the world and killing vast quantities of marine...
SPEAK UP for the Trees in Chatham Park
Because forests, woodlands and individual trees have no voices, it's up to faithful stewards of the good earth to speak up on their behalf for the sake of the common good. Background Chatham Park Investors (CPI) is building a mega-development for 60,000 people that...
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.
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‘Tis the Season… (of Creation)
Today, September 1, is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the launching pad for a month-long emphasis around creation justice known as the ‘Season of Creation.’ In the countdown to today’s launch Pope Francis stated the rationale for this special day of...
BARBENHEIMER: Your Pick
“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” (J. Robert Oppenheimer) This was Hollywood’s “Barbenheimer” weekend, the weekend that saw two summer ‘blockbuster’ films vie for consumers’ attention and $$$. It was Barbie vs. Oppenheimer. This post, you will...
Gospel Jesus vs. that other populist, nationalist, “make Christianity great again” Jesus
Caveat emptor! If you are a Christian whose sensibilities and sensitivities are easily rubbed the wrong way by contemporary prophets willing and able to address the “elephants in the room,” and if you are a Christian whose comfort zone feels assaulted if and when the...
Holding This Nation Accountable to Itself: A Moral Declaration for America
“We cannot afford to interpret this moment as a difference of opinion. We are in a battle for civilization itself.” ~ Rev. William Barber II As I strolled the streets of Pittsboro on a sweltering ‘SummerFest’ Sunday in my reenactor’s garb, inviting folks to visit the...
