Eco-Justice Blog
Pittsboro Presbyterian Church
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...
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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 him...
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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...
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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 It’s old hat, outdated and far too “vanilla” to paint the true picture of the critical state of planet Earth’s current and future climate.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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Houston, we have a problem!
Our inaugural blog post addresses the gigantic elephant in the global room whose presence we ignore or deny at the risk of our own ultimate demise. Spaceship Earth, our “common home” as Pope Francis referred to it in his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si and the only known...
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Eco-Justice Blog coming soon!
Pittsboro Presbyterian Church believes in the importance of caring for God’s creation. The Eco-Justice Team facilitates this commitment by connecting, equipping, and inspiring Presbyterians to make creation care and justice a central concern of the...
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WELCOME to our Eco-Justice blog managed by the Eco-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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