Below are sermons connecting the good news of God and the care of God’s creation.
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Caring for Creation, on the ELCA Social Statement
I Thirst, an eco-reflection dialogue sermon by two middle school students for Good Friday, including the need for clean water.
Earth Day Every Sunday by Nick Utphall
It’s All God’s Vineyard, by Larry Henning, for Wartburg Seminary
And God Pitched a Tent by Leah Schade for a church camping retreatHere is a sermon preached by Dr. Peter Bakken, Director of Wisconsin Interfaith Power & Light, for what had been the annual interfaith Preach-In on climate change. The event is now the “Faith Climate Action Week,” scheduled for Earth Week. Visit www.faithclimateactionweek.org/ for resources.Earth and Word: Classic Sermons on Saving the Planet, ed. David Rhoads (Continuum, 2007)
A collection of 36 inspiring sermons by preachers, theologians, and biblical scholars.
Eating the Roots (pdf) by Mike Anderson (Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington, D.C.)
The Choir of All Creation (pdf) by Tanya Barnett
Living Simply: Imperative Now (pdf) by Shantilal Bhagat
Finding Our Place (pdf) by Carolyn Bush
Caring for the Earth Rests in the Heart of God (pdf) by Paul W.F. Harms
The Choir of All Creation (pdf) by Tanya Barnett
Living Simply: Imperative Now (pdf) by Shantilal Bhagat
Finding Our Place (pdf) by Carolyn Bush
Caring for the Earth Rests in the Heart of God (pdf) by Paul W.F. Harms
Nature, Community, and Faithful Living (pdf) by Heidi Hadsell
Nature, God’s Great Project (pdf) by Philip Hefner
The Sacramental Paradigm of Nature (pdf) by Philip Hefner
Techno-Earth and the Rainbow Covenant (pdf) by Philip Hefner
It Does Not Have to Be This Way! (pdf) by Kurt K. Hendel
Feeding Hope by Kristi Holmberg
Receiving God’s Light for Earth’s Energy (pdf) by Carol Johnston
“Sin Boldly” or “God’s love makes us do crazy things” by Alex Kaegler
“Sin Boldly” or “God’s love makes us do crazy things” by Alex Kaegler
Matter Matters (pdf) by Barbara Lundblad
Eschatopraxis: Living the Future Now (pdf) by Jim Martin-Schramm
Within Limits: Remember the Sabbath by Jim Martin-Schramm
Within Limits: Remember the Sabbath by Jim Martin-Schramm
Making Our Lord’s Supper (pdf) by Morris Niedenthal
Costly Offerings (pdf) by Katharine Preston
Where Were You When I Created Leviathan? (pdf) by Carla Valentine Pryne
Resurrection and Wilderness (pdf) by David Rhoads
Climate Change – Vulnerability, Lament and Promise (pdf) by Barbara Rossing
Pelicans, Great Blue Herons, and the Resurrection of the Body (pdf) by Barbara Rossing
Video Giving voice to Earth: http://ecopreacher.blogspot.com/2012_10_01_archive.html by Leah Schade
Video Giving voice to Earth: http://ecopreacher.blogspot.com/2012_10_01_archive.html by Leah Schade
Rebuilding the Vineyard by Leah Schade, 2011
The Care of the Earth (pdf) by Joseph Sittler
You Are My God…Lead Me To Level Ground! (pdf) by Gordon Straw
A Sermon for Animal Day (pdf) by Mark Swanson
Lord, Help our Unbelief by Gil Waldkoenig
Living Faithfully in the Cosmos: Environmental Reflections for Disciples of Christ (pdf) by Dorothy Jean Weaver
Hands On: A Faith to Handle, Taste, and Touch (pdf) by Dorothy Jean Weaver
Oceans: Protect, Prevent, Restore God’s Creation by Marcy WietiesSeveral sermons by Nick Utphall by clicking here
Invasive Species? by Susan Zencka, liturgy and sermon for Planet Earth Sunday, 2006
Hands On: A Faith to Handle, Taste, and Touch (pdf) by Dorothy Jean Weaver
Oceans: Protect, Prevent, Restore God’s Creation by Marcy WietiesSeveral sermons by Nick Utphall by clicking here
Invasive Species? by Susan Zencka, liturgy and sermon for Planet Earth Sunday, 2006