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Environmental Reflections

 
Below are links to the daily Lenten Reflections and Living Earth monthly reflections. Please feel welcome to use and reproduce the daily reflections with appropriate credit given to Pr. Yvette J. Schock, the writer of the 2009 Living Earth: Joining the Hymn of All Creation Lenten reflection series.

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The Living Earth series continues as a monthly reflection series. Click here to view environmental worship resources.

Monthly Reflections

2013
Farm conservation programs: tending the garden (April 2013) PDF Format
40 Days in the Wilderness (March 2013) PDF Format
How to Lead on Climate Change (February 2013) PDF Format
If not now, then when (January 2013) PDF Format

2012
Some Things to be Thankful For (November 2012) PDF Format 
Waiting for the Storm (October 2012) PDF Format
A lifestyle expose: my journey up Mount Kilimanjaro (September 2012)  PDF Format 
Too Much Stuff (August 2012)  PDF Format
Guest reflection by Julia Lillie (July 2012)  PDF Format 
Recaps and Updates (June 2012)  PDF Format
Living out our call to advocacy (May 2012)  PDF Format
Divisive Issues, Unifying Faith (April 2012)  PDF Format
Ethics of Energy (March 2012) PDF Format
The Ethics of Ignorance (February 2012) PDF Format
Mercury and the Water of Life (January 2012)  PDF Format

2011
Feeding the 7 Billion (December 2011) PDF Format
Solar Energy and Grid Parity (October 2011) PDF Format
Billion Dollar Weather (September 2011) PDF Format
A Grand Compromise (August 2011) PDF Format
Going to Extremes (July 2011) PDF Format
Fracking Poses Challenges (June 2011) PDF Format
New Developments (May 2011) PDF Format
Remembering the Gulf Oil Spill (April 2011) PDF Format
Community Care for Creation the Federal Budget (March 2011) PDF Format
Mercury and Regulation (February 2011) PDF Format

2010
Access to Energy (December 2010) External Link
Wasted Food is a Waste (November 2010) External Link
Justice for Farm Workers (September 2010) External Link
Is It Hot Enough? (August 2010) External Link
Crisis in the Gulf (July 2010) External Link
Breaking a Bad Habit (June 2010) External Link
Bearing the Responsibility (May 2010) PDF Format
2010 Climate Justice Lenten Journey (Feb. - April 2010)
Be a Light in the Darkness for the Hungry and Oppressed (January 2010) PDF Format

2009
Copenhagen Blog (December 2009) PDF Format
Pass the (genetically engineered) Stuffing! (November 2009) PDF Format
Special Invitation for Faith Day of Action on MTR (November 2009 special invitation) PDF Format
Everything Has Its Time (October 2009) PDF Format
For God All Things Are Possible (September 2009) PDF Format
What Kind of Advocate Are You? (August 2009) PDF Format
Answering the Call of the Open Road (July 2009) PDF Format
Reflection on Mountaintop Removal (June 2009) PDF Format
Keeping Our Promise (May 2009) PDF Format

2010 Climate Justice Lenten Journey

(February–April 2010) Click on the links below to download a Word file Microsoft Word of the reflection and story for the particular topics.

Climate and Food Security
Reflection  |  Story

Climate and Health
Reflection  |  Story
[ ] Climate and Development
Reflection  |  Story

Climate and Economics

Reflection  |  Story
[ ] Climate and Migration
Reflection  |  Story

Daily Lenten Reflections for 2009

Click on the links below to download a PDF PDF Format of the day's reflection. Contact Jodi Deike at jodi.deike@elca.org or 202-626-7947 for questions or concerns.
 
Reflection
Ash Wednesday
February 26, 2009
February 27, 2009
February 28, 2009
March 1, 2009
[ ] Rediscovery
March 9, 2009
March 10, 2009
March 11, 2009
March 12, 2009
March 13, 2009
March 14, 2009
March 15, 2009
[ ] Reconciliation
March 23, 2009
March 24, 2009
March 25, 2009
March 26, 2009
March 27, 2009
March 28, 2009
March 29, 2009
[ ] Holy Week
April 6, 2009
April 7, 2009
April 8, 2009
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Holy Saturday
Easter Sunday
 
Remembrance
March 2, 2009
March 3, 2009
March 4, 2009
March 5, 2009
March 6, 2009
March 7, 2009
March 8, 2009
  Repentance
March 16, 2009
March 17, 2009
March 18, 2009
March 19, 2009
March 20, 2009
March 21, 2009
March 22, 2009
  Recommitment
March 30, 2009
March 31, 2009
April 1, 2009
April 2, 2009
April 3, 2009
April 4, 2009
April 5, 2009
   

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