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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. John Stiles

4th Sunday of Easter

April 26, 2026

Acts 2:42-47
Psalm 23
1 Peter 2:19-25
John 10:1-10
Rev. John Stiles
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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!

Why Creation Care?

Sarah Fogderud

Stories from Congregations and Synods

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

Ecological Resilience in a Time of Climate Crisis (from Synod EcoFaith Network)
EcoFaith
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April 25, 2026
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2026 EcoFaith Summit: Biblical Images and Texts
Dr. Dn. Diane Jacobson
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April 18, 2026
Saint Paul Area Synod
From Fear to Fire: Worship and Music at our 2026 EcoFaith Summit
Paul Jacobson
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March 24, 2026
Saint Paul Area Synod
New Rain Garden at Christ the King Lutheran, New Brighton
Vern Rice
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February 16, 2026
Saint Paul Area Synod

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Green Tips

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

April 1, 2026

Laura Raedeke

"Our failure to care for our common home...undermines public health, economic stability, and our future." Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, MN

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March 1, 2026

Laura Raedeke

"What you do makes a difference. And you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." Primatologist/Scientist/Author Dr. Jane Goodall (d. 2025)

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February 1, 2026

Laura Raedeke

From the 1992 Earth Summit to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement to the 2025 COP30 Climate Conference: Where Do We Stand?

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Book Corner

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

Bringing Nature Home

Douglas W. Tallamy

The book is filled with pictures of plants, insects (beneficial and pests), and garden plots. 

Rev. John Hanson

The Book of Hope

Jane Goodall

Jane ends the book with this hope-filled desire:  ”Together we CAN!  Together we WILL!  Yes we can, and we will – for we must. 

Rev. John Hanson

They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals

Mariah Blake

They Poisoned the World is an excellent account of the corporate greed that brought the world to be contaminated with PFAS chemicals, and it is a moving recounting of some of the people who have fought to bring the reality of that contamination to light and who continue to fight for corporate accountability.

Fredric L. Quivik

Profit: an Environmental History

Mark Stoll

I was amazed at how early on in human history, the environments our species lived in were degraded, consumed, polluted and destroyed.

Rev. John Hanson

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