“As Leah D. Schade makes clear, we need to green the pulpit if we’re going to green the planet.”
— Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org
With Earth Day blooming on the horizon (April 22), it’s time to take stock of how your church is preaching about God’s Creation. Is your church
actively participating in God’s work to heal this planet? Is your congregation talking about protecting, preserving and advocating for the people most affected by rising sea levels, pollution, drought, catastrophic storms, and environmental degradation?
Take this short quiz to see how green your church is and then learn how your faith community can better care for God’s Creation:
How Green is Your Preaching? (For Pastors)
How Green is Your Preacher? (For lay folk)
Then pick up a copy of Creation-Crisis Preaching: Ecology, Theology, and the Pulpit by Leah C. Schade this week for practical tips on creating environmental sermons that are relevant, courageous, creative, pastoral, and inspiring.
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Meet Author Leah D. Schade
Leah Schade is Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship at Lexington Theological Seminary. A graduate of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, her research and experience cover the fields of homiletics and ecological theology. As an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), Schade has served in suburban, urban, and rural settings and has worked with parishioners from a variety of cultural, racial, and economic backgrounds.
Schade’s ministry is marked by her experience in and passion for ecological and social justice advocacy and activism. She recently served as a community organizer and spokesperson for a community effort to defeat a proposed tire incinerator in her region. As a member of the ELCA Upper Susquehanna Synod’s bipartisan Task Force on Hydraulic Fracturing, she co-authored resolutions calling for a moratorium on shale gas and oil drilling, as well as closing the “Halliburton Loopholes” exempting the industry from environmental and public health protections.
Visit Leah’s blog and enter her Earth Day Sermon Contest here: EcoPreacher
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