Christian EcoPreacher 1-2-3

God’s Creation needs good preaching! Good preaching needs God’s Creation!

Discover a new perspective for engaging the Bible that deepens and expands your faith.
Learn how we can proclaim justice for God’s Creation in the face of climate change and other environmental issues.
Be equipped with the knowledge and tools you need to make your preaching relevant, courageous, and creative.
Be inspired to make a difference for our planet, your community, and our future.

10 Principles for Environmental Preaching

In an effort to encourage clergy to preach and teach on Christian ecology at least once a month, the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development and the Rev. Dr. Leah Schade have partnered to develop a new free resource called EcoPreacher 1-2-3. Drawing from Eco Bible, a Jewish ecological commentary on the Hebrew Scriptures, Dr. Schade, author of Creation-Crisis Preaching: Ecology, Theology and the Pulpit (Chalice Press, 2015), provides sermon preparation for preaching about caring for God’s Creation that is short, accessible, and based on a solid biblical foundation.

EcoPreacher 1-2-3 offers a brief “eco-exegesis” for interpreting a Hebrew text from the Revised Common Lectionary for that Sunday. This is followed by one “eco idea” for the basis of the sermon, two “eco questions” to go deeper, and three “eco actions” to choose from to help a congregation put their faith into action. With this resource, preachers can use the sermon ideas in their own context and make it relevant for their congregation.