Since July 2023, several parishes have been intentionally exploring how they can address climate change issues liturgically, within and outside the parish. In this webinar they will each present their best work and what they learned along the way. The parishes, from British Columbia, Washington, California, Minnesota, and Massachusetts, considered their local contexts and ecology... Continue Reading →
APLM President Amy McCreath and Vice President Maylanne Maybee joined a large group of other liturgists, scholars, and practitioners at an ecumenical seminar in Assisi, Italy titled ‘The Feast of Creation and the Mystery of Creation: Ecumenism, Theology, Liturgy, and Signs of the Times in Dialogue.’ It was hosted by the Laudato Si Research Institute, and... Continue Reading →
What can we learn about our relationship to nature by looking back to Jesus’s life and teaching and to the practices of Christians in earlier centuries? Rev. Samuel Torvend explores ecological issues during the time of Jesus and early monastic communities to illuminate issues related to our current climate crisis in his book Monastic Ecological... Continue Reading →
How do children call adults to a new way of living and praying in an age of climate crisis? Drawing on the gospel of Mark in which Jesus calls disciples to welcome children, Dr. Christy Lang Hearlson of Villanova University will describe what Pope Francis has called “ecological conversion.” She will discuss how adults’ ecological... Continue Reading →
Kimberly Hope Belcher explores the symbolic power of land in mourning the dead, including the victims of enslavement in the United States and Catholic saints and sinners. Then she suggests ways that congregational and community leaders can apply these practices to the tragedies of ecocatastrophe. Rev. Pam Werntz responds, describing a collaboration between Christian and... Continue Reading →
If you don't have a parish worship committee, or if your worship committee is not functioning well, check out the newly updated brochure from APLM The Parish Worship Committee: Why and How. The brochure explains several benefits of having a worship committee: better assessment of how worship supports the stated mission and goals of the... Continue Reading →
Today, laity as well as clergy are even more deeply disturbed by the tradition of anti-Semitism finding authorization in texts we are mandated to use. The context of two millennia ago are not ameliorated or hardly correctable during liturgical use. Such corrections can take place in the sermon of course (and have been done so by... Continue Reading →
How can we give voice to our grief over the destruction of the earth liturgically? This webinar will offer some suggestions for practicing lament during Lent. REGISTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 8TH WEBINAR Sylvia C. Keesmaat is a biblical scholar, activist and farmer. She is the co-author of Romans Disarmed: Resisting Empire, Demanding Justice, and Colossians Re-mixed: Subverting the... Continue Reading →
Our own Rev. Dr. Bill Petersen was featured on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday on November 25, 2023. NPR's Jason DeRose did a story titled "A Longer Advent helps some Christians prepare for more than Christmas." The story explains how an expanded advent season brings a focus to hope for a more just and peaceful world.... Continue Reading →
Rev. Suzanne Guthrie is an author and priest, exploring the connections between mysticism, prayer, and creation. She spoke to us about on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 06:00 PM EST about how she was able to find a stance of prayer that was not just "flailing around in climate panic," and shared a midrash based on... Continue Reading →
More than a pause between holidays... More than three herbs from afar... More than checking the weather... Learn how to make more of Epiphany at the next APLM webinar featuring Rev. Philip Carr-Jones and other APLM members and climate-crisis project participants. This free webinar took place in November, 2023. To receive notifications about all upcoming... Continue Reading →
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