The United Church of Christ (UCC) is involving their church community locally and nationally, as well as reaching out across different religious communities, in order to successfully achieve Mission 4:1 Earth. Mission 4:1 Earth, which will occur for 50 days … Continue reading
By Greg Hitzhusen, Ph.D., M.Div. Perhaps serendipitously, Matthew Sleeth’s book “24/6″ arrived in the mail a day after I received a warning from a police officer for speeding. If my run-in with the law hinted that I needed to “slow … Continue reading
Shanay Johnson, OhIPL Seminary Student Chair Midway through Trinity Lutheran Seminary’s one week immersion course, Ministry and Mining in Appalachia, our professor Dr. Mary Hughes took me and my colleagues to the home of dedicated farmer and earth care activist … Continue reading
Reflection by Dr. Greg Hitzhusen, M.Div., OhIPL Board Chair My wife showed me an amazing video last night that was posted on Facebook; many comments have followed from families in our neighborhood, because the video shows a spontaneous act of … Continue reading
Now’s the time…we have the opportunity to take a stand to clean up industrial carbon pollution which fuels climate change. As a person of faith, join the effort to let the EPA know you support the New Industrial Carbon Pollution … Continue reading
Excerpted from Living Lutheran
Maintaining a 100-year-old church facility is expensive business.
Just ask Sara Ward, a member of [First English Lutheran Church] (http://www.columbuslutherans.org), an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) congregation in Columbus, Ohio, who says that nearly 20 percent of the congregation’s budget is spent on utility and maintenance costs.
For an inner-city congregation struggling financially, that’s a pretty significant allocation. But members have learned that there are options to reducing those energy costs, thanks to both the 2009 and 2011 ELCA Churchwide Assemblies, which accepted proposals designed to encourage congregations to reduce their usage of carbon-based fuels and taking better care of God’s creation. Continue reading
OhIPL, the OSU School of Environment and Natural Resources, the OSU Extension Climate Change Outreach Team, OSU Energy Services and Sustainability, and Green Energy Ohio are co-sponsoring an Earthkeeping Summit on Saturday, March 31, at OSU’s LEED certified 4-H Center. … Continue reading
IPL founder Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham has issued a statement commending President Obama’s decision announced today to deny a special permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, citing moral and environmental reasons that have bolstered oppostion to the … Continue reading
Eco-film Series: MLK and Environmental Justice –Our next screening occurs on the weekend we celebrate the birthday of Dr Martin Luther King. Environmental degradation disproportionately impacts the poor and persons-of-color in Ohio and throughout the world. As their champion, Dr … Continue reading
Our Creator took chaos and transformed it into indescribable beauty, form and creative order. What’s more, God breathed life into humankind and commanded us to “tend and keep” His blessed creation.In the past humans have neglected this charge, instead participating … Continue reading