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This sermon is from ECN editor Rev. Nathan Empsall, delivered at St. Thomas's Episcopal Church in New Haven, Connecticut on October 3, 2021 -- the Blessing of the Pets, the last Sunday in the Season of Creation, and St. Francis Day. [Readings: Isaiah 65:17-25, Romans 8:28-39, and Mark 16:14-18] May I speak with God who... Continue Reading →
A sermon on Climate Change, Apollo 11, Racism, the Christ Hymn, and Mary & Martha
This past Sunday was Trinity Sunday. In his first sermon as a newly ordained priest, ECN editor Nathan Empsall said that the Trinity shows us that all of nature, including humanity, is created in the image of God: The image of interconnection. A version of this sermon was delivered at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in... Continue Reading →
Notre Dame is like the world's glaciers, forests, and species: The cathedral took centuries to create, its beauty connects us to God, and it feels like it will last forever. But as reporter Dave Roberts has noted, like the world's glaciers, forests, and species, even Gothic cathedrals can sustain massive damage in the blink of... Continue Reading →
The Rev. Cn. Helen Van Koevering and her husband, Bishop Mark Van Koevering, spent decades in Mozambique, where their hearts remain. Mozambique has been ravaged by Cyclone Idai and the flooding and cholera that have followed, leaving more than 100,000 homeless. Now the rector of St. Raphael's in Lexington, KY, Rev. Helen kindly shared these... Continue Reading →
In his Lenten message to the Episcopal Church, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has challenged Episcopalians to take a pledge to do more to love God's creation. This is a major action on the part of the church, and a powerful reminder that Bishop Curry has set creation care as one of the three major priorities... Continue Reading →
Today on Ash Wednesday, we are told, "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." At first glance, this is a humbling statement, an appropriate way to begin Lent, the season of penitence. The threats and damage of climate change remind those of us who live Western lifestyles that we certainly have... Continue Reading →
Today, January 25, 2019, is the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul. ECN’s editor, the Rev. Deacon Nathan Empsall, preached a version of the following sermon this morning at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, linking Paul's road to Damascus with climate science, Connecticut’s recent ice storm, and the much-beloved hymn “I the Lord of... Continue Reading →
Episcopal Climate News is edited by the Rev. Nathan Empsall, an Episcopal deacon and current seminarian. In my preaching course at Yale Divinity School, we were required this week to write and deliver a brief "prophetic oracle" -- a short passage (or oracle) focused on judgement, lamentation, and/or hope, in the style of the Old... Continue Reading →
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