Help Nature Restore Carbon Balance – St. Andrew Lutheran Community Carbon Team Update
When Fear is not Danger, and Comfort is not Safety: Sermon by Kateri Boucher (EcoFaith Recovery Practicum Intern)
Carbon in the Soil of Suburban Yards (by Eric Luttrell, EcoFaith Leader from St. Andrew Lutheran)
For the Healing of the Nations (by Rev. Mark Brocker from St. Andrew Lutheran Church Beaverton, Oregon)
In advance of the next court appearance of the Juliana youth plaintiffs who are suing the government for a national climate recovery plan, Pastor Mark Brocker of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Beaverton, Oregon offered the following sermon on Sunday,
My Fear and My Hope by EcoFaith leader Tommy Navarre from St. Andrew Lutheran Church
Tommy Navarre is a high school senior who will soon be graduating from Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon. He was a member of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Beaverton where he has served on the Eco-Reformation team that helped
Authors as Mentors (By Intern Liz Fifield)
As part of my research for my project on my spiritual connection to nature, I immersed myself in some of the greatest mentors I knew on the topic. I read Wendell Berry’s reflections on the changes of society and resonated
Who do you say that I Am? (By Intern Sarah Kretschmann)
Who do you say that I Am? I am Divine Fullness. Our world daily seeks to convince us of our emptiness, clouding visions of abundance with images of scarcity. In a society of consumerism and capitalistic greed, our greatest temptation
Honoring Stories as a Way to Connect Through Differing Worldviews (By intern Elizabeth Fifield)
There’s something otherworldly about a good conversation. The right kind, impossible to manufacture, can bring about connection, warmth and hope to those lucky enough to experience it. Often, the way to these warm, expansive conversations requires someone trekking through
Praise to the Divine Artist: Stewardship and the Psalms (by Intern Sarah Kretschmann)
When we praise our Creator, we worship the most magnificent of artists. We worship the potter who formed humankind from the fertile soil (Genesis 2:7), molding us like clay (Isaiah 64:8). When we look to the skies we can
Risking Resurrection: Cultivating a Eucharistic Vision (by Intern Jacob Taylor, from the Ohio Mill Creek Watershed)
“Christian hope begins where every other hope stands stiff before the face of the Unspeakable.” Thomas Merton, Raids on the Unspeakable A few months ago I began hosting weekly “Eucharistic contemplation” hours at my house. It initially began as an