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Radical Prayers – Review
Radical Prayers on Peace, Love and Nonviolence, by John Dear, November 2017. Pace e Bene Press, ISBN: 978-0997833713, 148 pages. Price approximately 12.99 (paperback) … …more
New book by David Atkinson: Hope Rediscovered
Bishop David Atkinson wrote the book in 2008 “Renewing the Face of the Earth – A theological and pastoral response… …more
Change Greed to Green – Short play in verse
Suitable for Service on Climate Change, The Environment etc. by Tom Hiscock. Written in 2008 but just as relevant 10… …more
Linescapes: Remapping and Reconnecting Britain’s Fragmented Wildlife, by Hugh Warwick – Review
Linescapes: Remapping and Reconnecting Britain’s Fragmented Wildlife, by Hugh Warwick, May 2017. Square Peg, ISBN 9780224100892, 264 pages. RRP £17.99 (hardback) There is no… …more
Green Christian Magazine, Summer 2018, Issue 85
Back to latest Green Christian Magazine. Green Christian, Summer 2018, Issue 85 Lament, Wonder and Hope Editorial: A magnificent journey Language… …more
Days of Awe and Wonder – Review
Days of Awe and Wonder: How To Be A Christian In The Twenty-First Century, by Marcus Borg, July 2017. SPCK, ISBN 978-0281078257, 256 pages. RRP… …more
Joy in Enough – Reviews
Revd Peter Grimwood, (a trustee of Green Christian) writes:- Some recent reading for Joy in Enough Here are four titles… …more
Does the Church know about Species Extinctions?
Judith Allinson writes: Has your church recently been doing anything to save any threatened species from extinction? Please let us… …more
Sustainability and the Rights of Nature – Review
Sustainability and the Rights of Nature, by Cameron La Follette and Chris Maser, May 2017. CRC Press, ISBN 978-1-4987-8644-1, 434 pages. RRP $189.95 [hardback] Kindle… …more
Reclaiming the Common Good – Review
Reclaiming the Common Good: How Christians Can Help Rebuild our Broken World, Edited by Virginia Moffat, August 2017. Darton, Longman and Todd… …more
Oak and Ash and Thorn – Review
Oak and Ash and Thorn: The Ancient Woods and New Forests of Britain, by Peter Fiennes, September 2017. Oneworld Publications, ISBN 978-1-78607-166-8, 291 pages. RRP:… …more
The Seven Rs
For the “Seven-Rs” leafletto print out and put on your church notice boardclick here Louise Cook writes: From childhood I… …more
Show the Love Moment
Written by Barbara Echlin “These tiny ants have proceeded from His thought just as much as I. It caused Him… …more
Cuppa coffee anyone?
This article first appeared in April 2016. This week (Jan 2018) Deborah was interviewed by Premiere Radio on the topic… …more
Recycling in church
Do you have recycling bins in church? Even if you do, do you find strange things in them? Like plastic… …more
… one lightbulb at a time?
Written by Barbara Echlin If we are told that we can bring climate change to a halt by changing the lightbulbs… …more
Using your LOAF this Christmas!
Written by Barbara Echlin Celebration and food go together… At Christmas, we celebrate the birth of a baby in whom God… …more
Don’t Even Think About It – Review
Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change, by George Marshall, October 2015. Bloomsbury, USA, ISBN 978-1632861023, 272… …more
Citizen’s Basic Income – Review
Citizen’s Basic Income: A Christian Social Policy, by Malcolm Torry, September 2016. Darton,Longman & Todd, ISBN 978-0232532609, 170 pages. RRP £9.99 (paperback) It is… …more
Doughnut Economics – Review
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist, by Kate Raworth, April 2017. Random House, ISBN 978-1847941374, 384 pages. RRP £20.00 (hardback). Also available… …more
Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist – Review
Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist, by Paul Kingsnorth, March 2017. Faber and Faber, ISBN 978-0571329694, 304 pages. RRP £14 99 (paperback) This book explores an… …more
Re-enchanting the Activist – Review
Re-enchanting the Activist: Spirituality and Social Change, by Keith Hebden, November 2016. Jessica Kingsley, 176 pages, ISBN 1785920413. RRP £8.99 (paperback) “So much trouble in… …more
The Divine Dance – Review
The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation, by Richard Rohr with Mike Morrell, November 2016. SPCK, ISBN 978-0-28-107815-8, 220 pages. RRP £9.99 (paperback) In… …more
Green Christian Magazine, Autumn 2017, Issue 84
Back to latest Green Christian Magazine. Green Christian, Autumn 2017, Issue 84 Treasuring the Earth Editorial: Where is your treasure? Divestment… …more
Reclaiming the common good – book launch and reviews
One of the visitors at our Greenbelt stall was Virginia Moffatt who told us about the book “Reclaiming the Common… …more
Plastic Reductions – Article for Parish Magazines
Barbara Echlin writes: Some items are made up of different materials such as the pringles package. Some items are easily… …more
Environment Songs Workshop at Settle Folk Gathering
Judith Allinson describes:- Do you enjoy singing and music? Do you enjoy being in nature and are you concerned about… …more
Frank Regan’s talk for Cheltenham Green Christian Group – “Do this in remembrance of me”
Martin Davis records the meeting on 6 September of Cheltenham Green Christian group. Writer and theologian Frank Regan’s return visit… …more
Help pollinators in Ipswich, Leeds, Bristol and Leicester
Church of England and Buglife – helping develop a network of wildflower-rich areas for our native pollinators Background Buglife and the Church… …more
Churches support Rainforest Fund
Hey, are you concerned about the following? “Development” is in most countries is drastically – reducing our wildlife stock? Over half… …more
Green Christian Magazine, Summer 2017, Issue 83
Back to latest Green Christian Magazine. Green Christian, Summer 2017, Issue 83 Valuing the Earth Editorial: Valuing the Earth Laudato Si’, Ecology… …more
Nonviolent Lives – Review
Nonviolent Lives: People and Movements Changing the World Through the Power of Active Nonviolence, by Ken Butigan, November 2016. Pace e… …more
Rise Up with Wings like Eagles – Review
Rise Up with Wings like Eagles, by Chris Sunderland, December 2016. Earth Books, 220 pages, ISBN 978 1 78535 464 9. RRP £14.99 (paperback)… …more
The Nature of Environmental Stewardship – Review
The Nature of Environmental Stewardship, by Johnny Wei-Bing Lin, December 2016. Lutterworth Press, 326 pages, ISBN 9780718894672. RRP £24.95 (paperback) In recent decades… …more
Grounded – Review
Grounded, by Diana Butler Bass, October 2015. HarperCollins, 304 pages, ISBN 9780062328540. RRP £13.99 (hardback) This splendid book could be described as slow theology, to… …more
Active Hope – Review
Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy, by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, April 2012. New World… …more
Way of Love – Review
Way of Love: Recovering the Heart of Christianity, by Norman Wirzba, March 2016. HarperOne, 258 pages, ISBN 978-0062385819. RRP £7.99 (Kindle) £12.22 (paperback) £23.99… …more
Outdoor Services
Judith Allinson of Settle writes: I do like outdoor services – a chance to link to the natural world and… …more
Wealth & Well-being: J.D. Anderson
John D Anderson writes:- Are wealth and well-being the same? Etymologically, yes. In our modern minds, no. Many words… …more
Sermon Luke 12: 32- 40 A sermon for Joy in Enough – Good News for the “anxious middle”
It is often said that the gospel has a bias to the poor but reading Luke 12:32-40 alongside Luke 12:13-21… …more
Earthcare – to tune of The Skye Boat Song
(See Hymn Index for other green hymns) Chorus …… Care for the planet that cradles our life, beautiful mystery: Spark… …more
Book Reviews: Dec 2016
New Book Reviews on Green Christian’s Website in December 2016: Playing for Time: Making Art as if the World… …more
Creation Care and the Gospel – Review
Creation Care and the Gospel, Edited by Colin Bell and Robert S. White, 2016. Hendrickson Publishers, 350 pages, ISBN 9781619707252. RRP £19.99 (paperback) This… …more
Animals are not ours – Review
Animals are not ours (No, really, they’re not) – An Evangelical Liberation Theology, By Sarah Withrow King, July 2016. The Lutterworth Press, 187… …more
The Lives Around Us – Review
The Lives Around Us – Daily Meditations for Nature Connection, by Dan Papworth, June 2016. Christian Alternative, 232 pages, ISBN 978-1785352560. RRP £12.99… …more
Green Values, Religion & Secularism – Review
Green Values, Religion & Secularism, Edited by Nuala Ahern and Erica Meijers, 2015. Green European Foundation, 174 pages, ISBN 978-90-72288-58-5. Faced with the… …more
Chernobyl Prayer – Review
Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future, by Svetlana Alexievich, April 2016. Penguin, 304 pages, ISBN 978-0241270530. RRP £9.99 (paperback) I had not heard of… …more
Spiritual Activism – Review
Spiritual Activism: Leadership as Service, by Alastair McIntosh and Matt Carmichael, May 2016. Green Books, 204 pages, ISBN 9 978-0857844149. RRP £11.99 (paperback) Gandhi… …more