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Hope is the sister of Despair.
A distinctive characteristic of being human is that we experience life through words, words that induce feelings. It is such… …more
Essential Oils?
Please use this Parish Magazine article for your local rag. You are welcome to modify, but please keep to the… …more
Just Stop Oil
Christians were involved in the recent Just Stop Oil protests around the country recently. Just Stop Oil is asking that… …more
We dare to hope
Hope – what a great theme for Easter! Indeed, a great theme for LIFE, yours and mine, the life of… …more
Green Christian Magazine, Easter 2022, Issue 93
Green Christian twice yearly magazine just out – Read some of the items. …more
Green Christian Posters
We have a set of six posters – fresh, modern and relevant. They are A3 size. Please be imaginative in… …more
Shelling out for Greenwash
A guest post by Green Christian board member Andii Bowsher Shell is a big oil company that has attempted to present… …more
Why are the arts valuable?
Why are the arts valuable? Surely, when we are dealing with something as vast and ungovernable as the environmental, pollution… …more
Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against
This work from the hall of fame of earth scientists published in Nature in 2019 is still, in our view,… …more
New Year Resolutions 2022
What resolution will you make for 2022? Here are some suggestions. They are in no particular order. Do suggest your… …more
A New Evangelism: the Common-wealth of the Creator
Article by John Anderson Fires, floods and fear: humanity is becoming frightened by global heating. The second of St Paul’s… …more
COP26 – What next?
By Andrew Norman, our Co-Chaplain COP26 – What next? That’s what we asked ourselves in our Green Christian evening on December… …more
Healing Leaves – Article on Trees by John Anderson
Why is the very welcome planting and preserving of trees becoming so widespread? First, it is an action we can… …more
Golden Leaves – Hymn
(See Hymn Index for other green hymns on this website, available for use in church services) Tune: Song 46, Orlando… …more
Why Faith Matters at COP26 Service of Worship
Green Christian members Revd John Purdy and his wife Vanessa recorded a Worship Service at Bishop Auckland Methodist Church. They… …more
Podcasts we like
New! New podcast series from New Zealand – Church and the Climate Crisis With Katherine Hayhoe, World Vision’s Eliala Fihaki… …more
On The Road Together in Colchester 2021 – Report
Following the sabbatical forced on all organisations by the Covid pandemic, we are pleased to report on the first GC… …more
Aiming to stay a broad church
By our co-chaplain, Andrew Norman An editorial in The Guardian (Wednesday 6th October) reflects on the police and crime bill making… …more
CaminotoCop passes Centre of Gravity of Britain
Green Christian web editor Judith Allinson joins the Camino2Cop pilgrimage on Day 32 as they walk 15 mikes from Newton… …more
Apostolic Papal Blessing given to GC member and trustee
Ashley Ralston was presented with a parchment – the Apostolic Papal Blessing from Pope Francis. This was in recognition of… …more
Unlikely Alliances
Unlikely Alliances – by Tony Emerson – Book review by Barbara Echlin Tony Emerson was the inspiration behind Green Christian’s Joy… …more
Amazing Cycle Pilgrimage from Truro to Glasgow
Amazing Cycle Pilgrimage from Truro to Glasgow to highlight why faith matters at COP26. On leaving Truro Cathedral on 2… …more
Green Christian Magazine, Autumn 2021, Issue 92
List of contents of the Autumn Edition of the Green Christian magazine …more
Nations’ Climate Sunday Service at Glasgow
“Did you make it there?” friends asked me when I returned home to Settle on the Monday – having traveled… …more
Words for a Dying World – Review
Words for a Dying World: Stories of Grief and Courage from the Global Church. Edited by Hannah Malcolm, December 2020.… …more
The New Possible – Review
The New Possible: Visions of our World Beyond Crisis, Edited by Philip Clayton, Kelli M. Archie, Jonah Sachs and Evan… …more
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times – Review
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science, by Paul Behrens. September 2020,… …more
Small Gases, Big Effect – Review
Small Gases, Big Effect: This is Climate Change, by David Nelles and Christian Serrer. Particular Books, March 2021, ISBN: 978-0241461884,… …more
Seven Days To Freedom – Review
Seven Days To Freedom: Joining up connections in creation, by John Dudley Davies, March 2021. Darton, Longman and Todd, ISBN:… …more
Praying for the Earth – Review
Praying for the Earth. Remembering the Environment in our Prayers of Intercession, by Rob Kelsey, February 2021. Sacristy Press, ISBN:… …more
A Creed for Today – Review
A Creed for Today: Faith and Commitment for our New Earth Awareness, by Donal Dorr, March 2021. Veritas, ISBN: 978-1847309389,… …more
Living Faithfully in the Time of Creation – Review
LIVING FAITHFULLY in the TIME OF CREATION Kathy Galloway & Katharine M PrestonISBN: 978‐1‐84952‐801‐6 Published August 2021 by Wild Goose… …more
On the Road Together in Colchester
Saturday 2 October 2021 Climate Crisis: What Would Jesus Do? St Stephen’s Church, Canterbury Road, Colchester, Essex CO2 7RYDoors open… …more
Making time to pray before COP26
By our co-chaplain, Andrew Norman Many people gathered in London on 23 July when it was one hundred days before… …more
More ways to pray as we move towards COP26
By our co-chaplain, Andrew Norman Just up the road from where I live in Devon is Clyst St Mary. Back… …more
COP26 reflection from Bishop David Atkinson
Astonishingly, it is now over 30 years since Margaret Thatcher addressed the United Nations: “What we are now doing to… …more
Climate Change is Racist – New Book
Climate Change is Racist: Race, Privilege and the Struggle for Climate Justice , published this month by Icon Books, looks at… …more
“Despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope”*
By our co-chaplain, Andrew Norman “Honestly I don’t now feel any hope. As a young person I took part in… …more
Deep Waters: A project of Borrowed Time
Eight sessions, Tuesdays 20th January – 10th March 2026, 7.00pm to 8.30pm. Deep Waters invites you on a journey through climate… …more
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, pray for the planet!
By our co-chaplain, Andrew Norman Just over three years ago I was part of a parish group on pilgrimage to… …more
6th Form Syllabus: “On Care for our Common Home”
“…it is we human beings above all who need to change. We lack an awareness of our common origin, of… …more
Would I have been a Shell protester?
By our co-chaplain, Andrew Norman In my daily reading from ‘Quaker Faith & Practice’ I stop when I come to:… …more
Whereon to Stand – Review
Whereon to Stand: The Acts of the Apostles and Ourselves, by Daniel Berrigan S.J., originally published 1991, reissued April 2009.… …more
Too Hot to Handle? – Review
Too Hot to Handle?: The Democratic Challenge of Climate Change, by Rebecca Willis, March 2020. Bristol University Press, ISBN 978-1529206029,… …more
Christian Climate Action: Time to Act – Review
Christian Climate Action: Time to Act: A Resource Book by the Christians in Extinction Rebellion, edited by Jeremy Williams, February… …more
Riders On The Storm – Review
Riders On The Storm, The climate crisis and the survival of being, by Alastair McIntosh, August 2020. Birlinn, ISBN 9… …more
Let Us Dream – Review
Let Us Dream: The Path To A Better Future, by Pope Francis, December 2020. Simon and Schuster, ISBN: 978-1398502208, 160… …more
From What Is to What If – Review
From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want, by Rob Hopkins,… …more