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Green Blades Rising

"Now the Green Blade Rises from the buried grain"

Green Blades Rising is the monthly e-newsletter of the EcoFaith Network, co-sponsored by Saint Paul Synod Area Synod Care of Creation. It contains green tips, preaching reflections, advocacy opportunities, book reviews, stories from congregations and synods, upcoming events, and more! ​

Read here the stories, articles and book reviews found in Green Blades Rising

Preaching Roundtable

Weekly reflections by a variety of preaching writers on the ecological implications of each Sunday’s RCL Lectionary texts.  

Rev. Justin Arnold

14th Sunday after Pentecost

August 30, 2026

Matthew 16:21-28
Jeremiah 15:15-21
Psalm 26:1-8
Romans 12:9-21
Rev. Justin Arnold

View from the Pollinator Plot

Learn more about Pollinator Plots, their importance for Caring for God's Creation, and how you can join the Pollinator Sanctuary movement!

Monarchs are Back!

Tom Uecker

Stories from Congregations and Synods

Sharing the ways that God has inspired and called congregations and synods to Care for Creation

Advocacy Circles: A Pilot Project
Deacon Susan Williams
May 1, 2026
Northeastern MN Synod
From Stainless Steel to the Statehouse
Don Schuld
May 1, 2026
Saint Paul Area Synod
Ecological Resilience in a Time of Climate Crisis (from Synod EcoFaith Network)
EcoFaith
April 25, 2026
Resolution on the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action: Northeastern Minnesota Synod Assembly
EcoFaith
April 20, 2026

Do you have something to include in the newsletter? Email us at ecofaith@nemnsynod.org

Green Tips

Keeping us up to date on the latest coming out of the scientific community about how God's Creation is doing

August 1, 2026

Laura Raedeke

The Real-World Environmental and Human Costs of the Choices We Make

July 1, 2026

Laura Raedeke

The story of our planet's future: Observe deeply and let those observations change us

July 1, 2026

Laura Raedeke

The story of our planet's future: Observe deeply and let those observations change us

Book Corner

Reviews and Recommendations for books related to Care of Creation.  Find your next read!

The Story of More

Hope Jahren

hange our habit of consuming more and more energy as the most problematic cause of climate change

Rev. John Hanson

A Primer in Ecotheology

Celia Deane-Drummond

it does emphasize the role of religion, primarily Christianity, in addressing climate issues

Rev. John Hanson

Carbon Societies: The Social Logic of Fossil Fuels.

Peter Wagner

It is a sobering analysis of how humankind arrived at the climate crisis and of the embedded economic, political, and cultural institutions that make it challenging to address the crisis on a time scale that can avert the catastrophes we see before us.

Fredric L. Quivik

Strata: Stories from Deep Time

Laura Poppick

By pushing ourselves to the edge of crisis, we have found ourselves nose to nose with our origins. 

Fredric L. Quivik

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