EcoPreacher Resources for Matthew

An Ecological Stations of the Cross

An Ecological Stations of the Cross

As Christians remember the crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday, many will engage in a practice called The Stations of...

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Ash Wednesday and Lent: Fasting for Earth as Resistance to Oppression

Ash Wednesday and Lent: Fasting for Earth as Resistance to Oppression

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent. For Christians, it’s a time of introspection, penitence, and fasting...

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A theology of water: Responding to Our Baptismal Vocation

A theology of water: Responding to Our Baptismal Vocation

The Sunday celebrating the Baptism of Jesus is an ideal time to articulate a theology of water and call for...

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Advent and Environmental Repentance: Psalm 72 and Matthew 3:1-12

Advent and Environmental Repentance: Psalm 72 and Matthew 3:1-12

What is “environmental repentance,” and how can preachers encourage congregations to envision the kind of transformation that brings about health...

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Love Your Neighbor – Including Our Earth-kin: Lev. 19, Matt. 22

Love Your Neighbor – Including Our Earth-kin: Lev. 19, Matt. 22

God’s command to love your neighbor extends to our neighbors in Creation, including the land, waters, trees, animals, and human...

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Workers in the Vineyard and the Economy of Exploitation: Matthew 20:1-16

Workers in the Vineyard and the Economy of Exploitation: Matthew 20:1-16

Jesus’s parable of the workers in the vineyard holds a mirror up to the harsh realities of exploitative economic and...

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Gleaning Divine Abundance: Isaiah 55:1-5; Matthew 14:13-21

Gleaning Divine Abundance: Isaiah 55:1-5; Matthew 14:13-21

God invites us to participate in gleaning divine abundance from the Earth so that all are nutritiously fed with equity...

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A Divine Cycle of Reciprocity: Preaching the Parable of the Sower

A Divine Cycle of Reciprocity: Preaching the Parable of the Sower

God invites us into a divine cycle of reciprocity so that Creation, communities, and the church can flourish.

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Prophets Fighting for Environmental Justice: Preaching Ideas for Jer. 20, Matt. 10

Prophets Fighting for Environmental Justice: Preaching Ideas for Jer. 20, Matt. 10

Faith leaders in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” show what it takes to stand against polluting industries by fighting for environmental justice.

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