The Renew Our World Campaign has added a regular podcast to their resource kit. Here are the details: Welcome to the Renew our world podcast. Renew our world is a global movement of Christians who believe that since we are truly image bearers of God, we should act like it […]
Yearly Archives: 2020
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One of the most immediate results of the Covid-19 pandemic was a dramatic reduction in air pollution around the world. This unexpected development also helped to highlight the serious effects of ongoing air pollution on human health, and we are now learning that this is having a direct impact on […]
Bishop NT Wright had quite an impact several months ago when the global pandemic was yet young (remember those days, back in March?!?) with an article in Time magazine provocatively titled “About the Coronavirus. It’s Not Supposed To“. (We told you about that article here.) Tom has been busy – […]
An easy to build device to make handwashing easy in places with little water.
Looking for some stories of ordinary people fighting back against climate change? This podcast from highly regarded Foreign Policy and Climate Investment Funds might be what you’re looking for. The climate change crisis can feel so formidable, so daunting, that instead of mobilizing people to action, it engenders paralysis. What […]
Or, “Five Ways to Participate in Creation Care Where You’re Planted” – an article on the OMF website by Jasmine Kwong that is worth reading and passing along to people you might know who could use a brief, well-written introduction to the topic of creation care. Here’s her introduction: Creation […]
The theme for this year’s Season of Creation will be Jubilee for the Earth. In preparation for this year’s Season (starts 1 September), please join a webinar on 8 June at 16:00 Central European Time (14:00 UTC). Speakers include a global line up, several of whom are well known to […]
In the midst of racial unrest and a global pandemic, other crises continue to occur. The world was briefly aware of Cyclone Amphan striking India and Bangladesh, but then other concerns quickly pushed that story off of our screens. We have received an update from EFICOR in India. The main […]
Rebooting: When a computer or other electronic device has got so messed up that the only solution is to turn the thing off and start over again. That is what corona virus has done to the global economy and to all of our societies. Tearfund UK has a new campaign to help us do just that: Reboot while we restart:
Many of us have struggled to understand what is happening in the world today from a theological perspective. Is Covid-19 as sign of the end times? Is God unveiling his wrath? Or is this simply one more difficult experience in the history of the human race? Andrew Shepherd, Lecturer at […]