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Earth martyrs
Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo makes readers question the depth of their own commitment to righteousness.
Reading scripture through the lens of nature
Daniel Cooperrider understands the Bible as an outdoor book, open to the sky.
Given the environmental future we’re facing, we would do well to address it with resurrection hope.
Some trees are like mothers
Scientist Susanne Simard on how trees communicate and nurture each other
by Jane McBride
Nice and normal in the heartland
Phil Christman explores the idea of the Midwest.
by Amy Frykholm
A guide to religious education during the climate crisis
For Jennifer Ayres, it’s crucial to name our ecological identity and responsibility.
Can we survive the incalculable damage of climate change?
David Wallace-Wells charts a path for life in the wake of global warming.
Trees communicate with one another. I’m trying to listen.
My favorite is a 100-year-old male cottonwood. I call him Grandfather.
The spiritual desert of First Reformed's minister
Ernst Toller is not so different from the male anti-heroes at the heart of Paul Schrader's earlier, more sensational films.
The complex world of one family farm
Ted Genoways overturns assumptions not only about industrial agriculture but also about the farmers who are part of it.
Grace alive among us
Grace is an exchange, says Terra Schwerin Rowe—but not an economic one.
by Alan Van Wyk
The wild places nearby
Dwelling in the edgelands can help us find what’s most hidden.
By summer, the plants are working overtime. It's a wonder we don't have as many words for green as the Inuit have for snow.
Flesh is indeterminate. It flows, changes over time, and is consumed and transformed. It becomes the reality of rich spiritual encounter.
People do not float through life in the bubble that is their skin. We are grounded, dependent beings that live through the lives and deaths of others.