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30 Days of Action

 

Proclaim

Each Thursday during the 30 Days of Action, we post a sermon for you to read, share, and use as you think about climate change and consider what God might be calling you to do to engage this important topic. These are designed for use by lay and ordained Episcopalians alike.

 

Preaching on climate change is relevant because the purpose of our work is prayer. Through the Holy Spirit, sermons help people to deepen their faith and to grow in their walk with Jesus Christ. Climate change is a Gospel issue, one that we must reclaim. This is not a Democratic or Republican issue. Climate change is a moral issue, a threat that faces all humanity, whatever our political allegiances, and we can address this crisis effectively only if we do so together. Climate change is a Gospel issue because climate change is a justice issue, affecting poor people first, hardest, and longest.

 

For worship, we can craft beautiful prayers, songs, liturgy, and symbols that honor creation.  Think of how many Christian sacraments involve the stuff of the earth: bread and wine at Holy Communion, oil for anointing, clear water for baptism, the wood of the cross, flowers on the altar, dust at the grave, and more. Rituals connect us with the transcendent.

 

The time has come for bold leadership. We follow Jesus, who led boldly and even gave his life. Tables might get turned and the mighty might tumble, but we follow an even mightier God who stared down the pharaoh and led Israel out of Egypt.

 

Announcing the dawn of a new age is risky. But that’s what Jesus did and what we, too, must do. God says, “Tell a new story.” God says, “Live a new story.” For the sake of our children and their children, a new movement is building. May the incarnate God grant us courage to transform the course of history.

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