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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. Dr. Melinda Quivik

Palm/Passion Sunday

March 29, 2026

Liturgy of the Palms:
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Matthew 21:1–11
Liturgy of the Passion:
Isaiah 50:4–9a
Philippians 2:5–11
Matthew 27:11–54
Rev. Dr. Melinda Quivik

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!

How I Got Interested in Native Plants

Vicki Anderson

Stories from Congregations and Synods

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

New Rain Garden at Christ the King Lutheran, New Brighton
Vern Rice
February 16, 2026
Saint Paul Area Synod
Merge? Let’s Consider How . . .
Vernita Kennen
February 2, 2026
Saint Paul Area Synod
Fall on Your Knees: A Reflection for Epiphany
EcoFaith
January 6, 2026
Incarnation Incarnates Care of Creation
Vernita Kennen
November 1, 2025
Saint Paul Area Synod

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

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)

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?

January 1, 2026

Laura Raedeke

The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 (Part II): The Risks They Pose and Opportunities to Act

Book Corner

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

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

The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World

Peter Brannen

It is a fascinating overview of the deep geological history of our planet, and it narrates a history of how our species evolved to become a formidable actor in that geological history.

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

Hope for Cynics

Jamil Zaki

Hope can start this way: We are not, by birth, the planet’s enemies. Caring for ourselves, one another, and the future can all be the same thing.”

Rev. John Hanson

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