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Bodies on the Line – book review
Bodies on the Line, Christians, Civil Resistance and the Climate Crisis, by Sue Parfitt, August 2023. Lab/ora Press, ISBN: 978-1-7397-1628-8,… …more
Green Christian Magazine, Autumn 2023, Issue 96
Back to general Green Christian Magazine page and links to past magazines Green Christian, Autumn 2023, Issue 96 “All shall be… …more
A Prayer for the Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels
From 15-17 Sept, millions of people around the world will take to the streets. As world leaders meet in New… …more
Dear Prime Minister
Long-time member of Green Christian, Reggie Norton, writes an impassioned letter to the leader of our country in response to… …more
Fire and Ice
Guest post by Green Christian member, Edward Gildea, sent from Reykjavík just before he started sailing home 1,600 nm This… …more
Community energy – help build on the success!
Please write to your MP before 5 September! Some good news At the Energy Bill’s Committee stage in June the… …more
Looking back at Cliff Festival 2023
Cliff College, a Methodist evangelical learning college, has a festival every year around May Bank Holiday, known locally as… …more
Nature 2030
Update 1 September 2023: On Tuesday (5 September) the 30×30 Progress Report will be released. The report reviews the government’s progress on… …more
Green Christian at New Wine
The Green Christian and Operation Noah Stall at New Wine 26-30 July and 1-5 August, Maidstone, Kent. The aim of… …more
Christians Aware and Biodiversity – from Farming in the Yorks Dales, to Lichens, to UN Conferences
Parcevall Hall is the Leeds Diocese Retreat Centre, set at the eastern limit of the Craven Fault which stretches 30… …more
Sun 23 July International Bog Day
How will you celebrate it? Bog Day is celebrated around the world every year on the fourth Sunday in July.… …more
A Green Liturgy
This service was held at St Mary’s Twyford on Sunday 16 July 2023. You are welcome to use it, or… …more
Green Christian at the Church of England Synod in York
Saturday 8th July and Sunday 9th July 2023University of York Green Christian is supporting Christian Climate Action’s vigil outside the… …more
Towards Silence – music for lament
How do we lament all that is lost, and all that we fear will be lost? In 2018, a Green… …more
Climate is warming – hymn
Author: George Stuart; Tune: The Ash Grove: 6.6.6.5.D. Hymn on climate change and what we can do. Plus Link to… …more
Plastic Free July
Plastic is bad, we all know that. The UN has found that there are 13000 chemicals in plastics – of… …more
Would you drive over this bridge?
Guest post by Green Christian member, Edward Gildea In May the World Meteorological Organisation forecast that global temperatures will most… …more
Thirty Days Wild
Judith Allinson writes: Do something outdoors every day in June – this project encouraged by the Wildlife Trusts is for… …more
What happened: Help community energy!
Update after 9 May: The debate saw a host of MPs, especially Conservatives, stand up in the House of Commons… …more
Video blessing this Rogation Sunday
Rogation Sunday 13 May, – Revd Helen Burnett gives a blessing at her church which we can all share. …more
Mark writes from prison
As a registered charity, Green Christian cannot encourage law-breaking. However, some members of Green Christian are involved in civil disobedience.… …more
Climate Justice: Following Jesus in a World of Climate Breakdown
A six part teaching series on YouTube and podcast …more
Let’s Weigh up our Time Scales
Guest post by Green Christian member, Edward Gildea The sudden and dramatic changes in the balance of Earth are sometimes… …more
Green Christian @ The Big One
21-24 April 2023 The Big One weekend of climate protest kicked off with a panel event with members of the… …more
An extra verse for the National Anthem for the Coronation
Lisle Ryder has contributed an extra verse to the National Anthem This is Hymn No 26 in the hymns section on this… …more
Why I am going to “The Big One”
Catherine Fish explains: There is no planet B, and there is no time to lose. As scientists have said, earth is… …more
No Faith in Fossil Fuels Service and Pilgrimage to Parliament at The Big One
Green Christian on Friday 21 April is joining forces with many other charities in supporting The Big One climate protest… …more
Easter prayer for climate justice
Written by Green Christian member, Catherine Fish, who writes: “During the Paschal Triduum, I have reflected on the possibility of… …more
Cowboy and Preacher
A Film Review of Will Fraser’s Cowboy and Preacher, by Green Christian member, Sandie Stratford The film opens with a… …more
The Big One: Join worship led by our friends from Black Majority Churches
Saturday 22nd April at 12 noon, outside Parliament All are welcome to join Christian Climate Action’s open air worship service… …more
The Big One: in conversation with members of the House of Lords
The Big One: in conversation with Baroness Kate Parminter and Bishop Steven Croft of the House of Lords Environment and… …more
Inviting your church leader to The Big One:
Green Christian Member Catherine Fish writes:- You might find that church leaders simply cannot make The Big One, I found this… …more
Resources and Activities Leaflet
Click here to download the Resources and Activities leaflet (as a pdf) (You can find out more about Green Christian… …more
Has the era of cheap food come to an end?
Guest post by Green Christian member, Edward Gildea Inflation has refused to go down this month and much of it… …more
Green Christian Magazine, Easter 2023, Issue 95
Back to general Green Christian Magazine page and links to past magazines Green Christian, Easter 2023, Issue 95 “Through the creation…… …more
Why are Christians joining together to pray at The Big One?
Have you ever prayed on the streets? The No faith in fossil Fuels Service and Pilgrimage in April gives you… …more
A tale of two journeys
A guest post by Hoon Seong Teo In October 2021, I walked from Clitheroe to Penrith with the Camino to… …more
Zero Altitude – Review
Zero Altitude: How I learned to fly less and travel more, by Helen Coffey, May 2022. Flint, ISBN: 978 0… …more
The Wilderness Cure
The Wilderness Cure, by Mo Wilde, June 2022. Simon and Schuster, ISBN: 978-1398508637, 368 pages. RRP £16.99 (hardback) This book is… …more
The Spirit of Hope – Review
The Spirit of Hope: Theology for a World in Peril, by Jurgen Moltmann. Westminster John Knox Press, November 2019, ISBN:… …more
Green Theology – Review
Green Theology – An eco-feminist and ecumenical perspective, by Trees van Montfoort, January 2022. Darton Longman & Todd, ISBN: 978-1913657284,… …more
Cornerstones – Review
Cornerstones: Wild Forces that Can Change Our World, by Benedict Macdonald, July 2022. Bloomsbury Wildlife, ISBN 978-1-4729-7160-9, 256 pages. RRP… …more
Climate Crisis – Review
Climate Crisis, The Challenge to the Church, by David Rhodes, April 2020. Kevin Mayhew, ISBN: 978-1-83858-081-0, 164 pages. RRP £10.99… …more
Juries understand the Crisis
Guest post by Green Christian member, Edward Gildea An elderly priest and Ruth Jarman, Information Officer of Green Christian, were… …more
Green Christian defends the right to protest
Green Christian is proud to be among the 74 organisations who signed Liberty’s Public Order Bill joint briefing for the… …more
At war with nature?
Guest post by Green Christian member, Edward Gildea That cold snap we had just before Christmas was exceptional, with some… …more
Human Feelings
This July I lay floating in the Bay of Biscay where it touches the Vendée coastline. I have done this… …more
In praise of the Ticket Office
Guest post by Green Christian member, Edward Gildea One of the things I value when I use my local train… …more
