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.
Civil Obedience and the Bill of Obligations
“Nobody is born in this country with genes that somehow understand and internalize what a democracy is, why it’s valuable, what’s expected of them as a citizen; we’ve gotta teach them. But we’re not teaching it. We are failing to pass on the culture, the political...
Looking back is a way of looking forward
"Looking back is a way of looking forward.” ~ Scott Wing – Paleontologist, and Curator of Fossil Plants at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution The month of January gets its name from Janus, the two-faced god of the ancient Roman...
COP 28 and the UAE Consensus: What to make of it all
“The atmosphere responds to one thing: Emissions. It’s physics, stupid… And all the declarations, all the decisions, all the platitudes, all the announcements in the world, if it doesn’t translate into real world action that reduces emissions, is not worth the paper...
The Planet Needs a Shot in the Arm
“When you have your health, you have everything. When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all." ~ Augustin Burroughs. The older I get, the more I agree with the sage observation of Augustin Burroughs, “When you have your health, you have everything…”...
Worshiping and Walking in the Wild
Those of us who are a bit ‘nerdy’ about the Church’s liturgical calendar will recognize today, October 4, as the Feast of Saint Francis, the patron Saint of the environment and animals. It is a fitting marker to conclude the month long emphasis of the ‘Season of...
Tree Huggers United: The Grand Trees of Chatham
[Oops! This post was to have automatically appeared on Sunday, September 24, but no such luck. Apologies for its late arrival, but do make time to read about the good work of Grand Trees of Chatham. Better late than never!] "You know me, I think there ought to...
With a Little Help From My Friends – FLHRSNA
“I’ll get by with a little help from my friends” (the Beatles) Last week on the second Sunday of the Season of Creation Elaine Chiosso, E.D. of the Haw River Assembly, took the worshiping congregation of Pittsboro Presbyterian Church ‘down to the river’ as she...
The Voice of the River – Haw River Assembly
O sinners, let's go down Let's go down, come on down O sinners, let's go down Down in the river to pray. On the second Sunday of the Season of Creation the worshiping congregation of Pittsboro Presbyterian Church won’t actually go down to (or in) the river to pray as...
Let Justice and Peace Flow
“Let justice flow on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream” (Amos 5:24) Inspired by the familiar and challenging verse from Amos 5:24, the theme for the month-long 2023 Season of Creation is ‘Let Justice and Peace Flow’. On the first Sunday of the...
‘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...
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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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...
