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Sep. 29, 2013 | Article
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Sep. 29, 2013 | Article
We might say that dwelling somewhere means we’re going there intending to "stay put." In "tarrying," in "staying put," in staying "a good long while," we get to know the place and the people and other creatures in it quite well, until we, too, feel ourselves part of the landscape. We might say it is taking the time to dwell in a place and with its people and other creatures that makes that place home. Today’s readings capture what it means for us to become dwellers and not just inhabitants, residents, tourists, or visitors. View Article
Sep. 22, 2013 | Article
Killing is essential for the feeding, health, and survival of many of the earth’s creatures, including humans. Human bodies and the bodies of other creatures, including plants, are full of cells constantly killing other cells and organisms that may endanger them. That such killing happens so pervasively is not a sign of uncreation. It is simply the way living creatures on earth are sustained and the balances of ecosystems are maintained. View Article
Sep. 15, 2013 | Article
Uncreation happens. It is when what was created falls apart or is demolished. Beachfronts or hillsides hosting people and wildlife flood and erode, becoming uninhabitable. Tornadoes rip forests or towns apart. Earthquakes break and reshape the land. Asteroids change the ecosystem of the entire planet. View Article
Sep. 8, 2013 | Article
Creating is not just what artists, musicians, actors and writers do. Just as we all "live off the land," we also all create. View Article
Sep. 1, 2013 | Article
Ultimately, all of us "live off the land," even if we purchase rather than grow, collect, or catch the bulk of our own food. With escalating populations worldwide, our capacity to eat depends on increasing the productive capacity of what is becoming a shrinking resource worldwide: arable land and safe and sustainable aquatic habitats. More and more then, humans are faced with the necessity of living off the land in a way that does not simply "take," but also "gives back." As Americans in the Midwest and Great Plains learned during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, "taking" alone can lead to disaster. View Article
Jun. 16, 2013 | Liturgy
Oh God, View Liturgy
Jun. 16, 2013 | Liturgy
Jun. 16, 2013 | Liturgy
Lord, you welcomed me when others turned away. You allowed me to touch you, with all my imperfections. View Liturgy
Jun. 16, 2013 | Liturgy
O Lord Our Heavenly Father: View Liturgy |
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A Season of Creation is an opportunity to spend the month of September focused on creation-centered themes. Begun in Australia nearly two decades ago, this initiative has spread worldwide and has generated substantial resourcing, some of which is captured on the website, seasonofcreation.com. Here, for our use, is an organization of the themes of "A Season of Creation" based on the Revised Common Lectionary readings for each Sunday in September of Year C, plus additional suggestions for music from several United Methodist resources, along with ideas for visuals, media, prayers, planning, preaching and Great Thanksgivings.
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