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.
Choosing Life in an Age of Ecocide
“See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and ordinances,...
American Fascism: The Death of “Truth, Justice and the American Way”
“Fascism doesn’t need to show up looking like the History Channel: swastikas, stiff-armed salutes, and jackboots marching down Main Street. Contemporary fascism, here and abroad, wears their Sunday best and clutches a Trump Bible.” - Rachel Bitecofer The “blockbuster”...
Yet Another Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Leviticus 19:18, 33-34 & Luke 10:25-37 “Saints are ordinary people who do what they do for the love of Jesus, say what they must say without fear, love their neighbor even when they are cursed by him, and live without regret over yesterday or fear of tomorrow.” -...
Cruella de Bill
“I think Cruella basically has no redeeming human characteristics...” - Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil in a 1966 Vanity Fair interview Today in America is a day to speak of villainy and cruelty. Let’s begin with the fictional as a way to reflect upon the factual. In...
The lenses, filters and presets through which we see the world
"My dad is amazing! I love you and I’m proud of you!” - Sarah Huckabee Sanders Last week the Governor of Arkansas took to her X (formerly Twitter) account to inform her father, Mike Huckabee, (and her 2.3 million followers) of her pride and affection for him. My own...
The BIG, BAD, ABOMINABLE MAGA Budget Bill
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you...
Resisting and Persisting – Standing Up and Speaking Out
“Proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage with the utmost patience in teaching.”- 2 Timothy 4:2 "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." - 2...
100 Days of Unmerciful Lawlessness
“Lord, have mercy” – Kyrie Eleison Today marks 100 days since Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's memorable sermon at the Washington National Cathedral delivered on January 21. What made it so remarkable was its surprising conclusion directed squarely at the 47th...
“unlike any who came before…”
Header photo credit:TIZIANA FABI, AFP via Getty Images | Francis' final blessing, April 20 2025 The title of this blog post which I deeply regret having to write, is a citation from the White House announcement for the Medal of Freedom with Distinction award presented...
AMBUSH IN THE OVAL OFFICE: The potshot heard round the world
“By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson – Concord Hymn If you were to have the privilege of visiting Minute Man National...
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
95 East Street (physical address)
PO Box 713 (mailing address)
Pittsboro NC 27312
(919) 542-4702
Office Hours
Tuesdays 9-2pm*
Thursdays 9am-2pm*
Call ahead if you would like to meet the pastor or other staff outside of regular office hours.
*occasionally emergency visits or meetings away from church affect these hours.
Worship Service
Sunday 11am
Sunday School 10am
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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...
Year One of the “Golden Age of America” (aka 12 months of Project 2025)
“The golden age of America begins right now.” - D.J. Trump, January 20, 2025 January 20 marks the one year anniversary of life under the Trump regime guided by the playbook of Project 2025. It is a day to look back on promises made under the guise of divine fiat and...
