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Melting Frozen Jewels – hymn
Author: Lisle Ryder; Tune: 7676 D e.g. Ewing. Earth, air and seas defiled, God calls us to restore for future… …more
With Every Creature Sing
(See Hymn Index for other green hymns on this website, available for use in church services) Tune: Luckington (Let all… …more
Our God Flies – new hymn
(See Hymn Index for other green hymns on this website, available for use in church services) Tune: Hyfrydol Words usually… …more
Alternative Carols for Christmas
Looking for something to sing that tells the truth about the climate emergency that we are in? Please find a… …more
Green Tips for Christmas by Barbara Echlin
Here is an article to use in your local parish magazine: Are you looking forward to Christmas? Before we get… …more
New Book Reviews: November 2019
New Book Reviews on Green Christian’s Website in November 2019: Being Human, by Rowan Williams, March 2018. Reviewed by Andrew… …more
A Prayer for Extinction Rebellion
Green Christian asked Rev Helen Burnett to write us a prayer that we could offer to our members and friends… …more
Green Christian in Stroud
On Saturday 28th September around 60 people gathered in Stroud for the seventh Green Christian “On The Road Together” Day,… …more
Green Christian Tea Parties: Gather – give – be green
Could you gather together a small group of people who are interested in green issues to share food and conversation… …more
Green Christian Magazine, Autumn 2019, Issue 88
Back to latest Green Christian Magazine. Green Christian, Autumn 2019, Issue 88 Climate Crisis: light in the darkness Editorial Beyond Hope… …more
Why Progressives Need God – Review
Why Progressives Need God: An ethical defence of monotheism, by John Clatworthy, November 2017. Christian Alternative, ISBN: 978-1780997742, 392 pages.… …more
This is Not a Drill – Review
This is Not a Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook, by various authors, 13th June 2019. Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0141991443, 208… …more
Tales You Won’t Believe – Review
Tales You Won’t Believe, by Gene Stratton-Porter, Hutchinson This is the earliest book I have found that speaks of climate… …more
Soil and Soul – Review
Soil and Soul: People versus Corporate Power, by Alastair McIntosh, Aurum Press, 2001. ISBN 978 1 85410 942 2, 384… …more
Despair and Hope – Reviews
Despair and Hope “One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of… …more
Reimagining Britain – Review
Reimagining Britain: Foundations for Hope, by Justin Welby, March 2018. Bloomsbury, ISBN: 9781472946072. RRP £16.99 (hardback) This book is unusual… …more
Public Faith in Action – Review
Public Faith in Action: How to Think Carefully, Engage Wisely, and Vote with Integrity, by Miroslav Volf and Ryan McAnnally-Linz,… …more
Jesus, Revolutionary of the Poor – Review
Jesus, Revolutionary of the Poor: Matthew’s Subversive Messiah, by Mark Bredin, 2017. Cascade Books, ISBN 978 1 62564 137 3,… …more
On the Road Together – How to run a local Green Christian event
Would you like to encourage people in your area to understand and engage with their Christian calling to care for… …more
Include Me Out! – Review
Include Me Out! Confessions of an Ecclesiastical Coward, by Colin Morris, 1969. Epworth Press This is the book which has… …more
The Growth Delusion – Review
The Growth Delusion: The Wealth and Well-Being of Nations, by David Pilling, January 2018. Bloomsbury, ISBN: 9781408893708, 352 pages. £20.00… …more
Dead Zone – Review
Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were, by Philip Lymbery, March 2018. Bloomsbury, ISBN: 9781408868263, 384 pages. RRP £10.99 (paperback)… …more
Being Human – Review
Being Human, by Rowan Williams, March 2018. SPCK, ISBN: 9780281079759, 128 pages. RRP £9.99 (paperback) ‘This book completes a sort-of… …more
Saving Wildlife and Biodiversity – 60% decline in world wildlife over last 40 years – populations of wild animals (vertebrates)
Today 30 Oct 2018 WWF announced (read the report) 60% Populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians have, on… …more
A New Reformation of the Economy
A Sketch This sketch was written by Jim Green of Christian Climate Action for an action at the Department for… …more
Can you recognise Ash Die-back?
Judith Allinson, of Settle, Northern England writes: “Oh the Oak and the Ash and the bonny Ivy tree…“ Around Settle… …more
Fun song on clearing up litter
Alison Blenkinsop writes: I was appalled by Hugh F-W’s recently-screened documentary on plastic detritus in Malaysia, but heartened by individuals’… …more
Green Christian Magazine, Easter 2019, Issue 87
Back to latest Green Christian Magazine. Green Christian, Easter 2019, Issue 87 End Times for a stable climate? Editorial: End Times… …more
Can these bones live? – an Easter Sunday message for Extinction Rebellion
On Easter Sunday, members of Green Christian joined Christian Climate Action and friends at Marble Arch, London, as part of… …more
There is no Planet B: Mike Berners-Lee
A Handbook for the Make or Break Years – Cambridge Univ. Press Judith Allinson writes If this book, launched in… …more
The Joy in Enough Confession – How to use it for Lent
This year Green Christian is encouraging the church in Britain to take a moment to consider our role in the… …more
GC 100 Churches Rainforest Fund – FAQ
GC 100 Churches Rainforest Fund – FAQ Could your church hold a fund raising event? — to save habitat and… …more
Five Fantastic Facts why “Improving your speaking skills” is a Great Green Imperative:
Learn invaluable tips and ideas for improving your effectiveness Share feedback Gain practice. Would it benefit you to join a… …more
Lamentation Prayers
The following prayers are particularly appropriate as lamentations: Litany of climate grieving This litany is intended for use in services… …more
Prayer Resource Books – a list
Here are prayer resources which some GC members have found particularly helpful: Creationtide resources – there is so much on… …more
Save an acre of rainforest this Advent – whilst it is still there to protect.
Does your church care about the wildlife and habitats being destroyed today – this week? These will now not be… …more
Prayer – Psalm 4 – updated for consumerism and climate change
Prayers based on Psalms, with “the enemy” being climate change or “the powers that be” that are causing it –… …more
Living Planet: Jesus and Advent
Barbara Echlin writes: One of my favourite modern wooden statues is in a nearby local park. It portrays a butterfly,… …more
Green Christian Magazine, Autumn 2018, Issue 86
Back to latest Green Christian Magazine. Green Christian, Autumn 2018, Issue 86 Righteous joy, reverent hope Editorial: Leaping like calves at… …more
New Book Reviews: October 2018
New Book Reviews on Green Christian’s Website in October 2018: Radical Prayers on Peace, Love and Nonviolence, by John Dear, November 2017.… …more
Season of Creation – a short article for a parish magazine
Never heard of Season of Creation? Barbara Echlin explains: Download this article in the form of a poster to put up… …more
Out of the Wreckage – Review
Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis, by George Monbiot, September 2017. Verso, ISBN: 9781786632883 (paperback), 224 pages. RRP 9.99… …more
Mere Science and Christian Faith – Review
Mere Science and Christian Faith, by Greg Cootsona, IVP Books, Illinois, 2018. ISBN 978-0-8308-3814-1 (print), ISBN 978-0-8308-8741-5 (digital) The interface between Christian Faith and Science is… …more
Nothing More and Nothing Less – Review
Nothing More and Nothing Less: A Lent course based on the film I, Daniel Blake, by Virginia Moffatt, November 2017. Darton, Longman… …more
ReWild – Review
ReWild: The Art of Returning to Nature, by Nick Baker, June 2017. Aurum Press, ISBN 978-1781316559, 304 pages. RRP £16.99 (hardback) Nick Baker, an… …more
Just Food? – Review
Just Food? Food and Farming for a Sustainable Future, edited by Barbara Butler, Spring 2018. Christians Aware, ISBN 978 0 9955 5428 6 0, 229… …more
Feast or Famine – Review
Feast or Famine: How the Gospel Challenges Austerity – an Ekklesia Lent Course for Groups and Individuals, edited by Simon… …more
They Will Inherit the Earth – Review
They Will Inherit the Earth: Peace and Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change, by John Dear, March 2018. Orbis Books, ISBN: 978-1626982642, 176 pages. RRP… …more
