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.
- Adaptable to your preaching context
- Sparks ideas for sermon preparation
- Inspirational
- Ecumenical
- Providing knowledge and tools to make your preaching courageous and creative
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EcoPreacher Resources
Eco-Wedding Liturgy: Ideas for a Creation-Centered Wedding Ceremony
For couples wanting to have a “green wedding,” there are many websites that provide ideas about how to reduce their...
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Justice for Creation is Justice for People: Psalm 97
Here are ideas for reading and preaching Psalm 97 with an eye toward environmental justice and human rights, especially in...
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A New Heaven and a New Earth? Revelation 21:1-6
Some interpret the apocalyptic vision of “a new heaven and a new earth” in Revelation to mean that we are...
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Maundy Thursday: Exodus 12:1-14
Maundy Thursday and Passover have deep environmental connections. The eco-wisdom of the Hebrew Scriptures can expand our experience of this...
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“Love Your Neighbor” Includes God’s Creation
When we honor Creation, we show love for our neighbors with clean air, water, and land, and demonstrate our love...
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Blessing the Animals, Blessing the Children: Sermon Ideas for Feast of St. Francis
As churches celebrate the Feast of St. Francis with a blessing of the animals, Jesus’s blessing of children urges us...
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Purity & Pesticides: Protecting God’s Creation, Human Health
Protecting nature and human health from the dangers of pesticides is one way that churches can live into their vocation...
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Being Good Shepherds During the Eco-Crisis
God is raising up good shepherds, leaders who Christians can support as they work to protect and preserve people and...
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Honoring Sabbath Rest for God’s Creation and Our Health
Honoring the Sabbath for both people and Creation is an act of faith. It shows that we trust God by...
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