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Ecology and Climate: A Poem
by Asanti Candela Asanti Candela (Morena Pule) is a poet from the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. He is an eco-champion and youth leader in the Anglican Youth of Southern Africa and Green Anglicans. Let us unite for climate justicemother nature deserves just easedon’t just go with the flowsee judge act as you growignore each…
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Ecology and Climate: Let All the Islands Rise and Sing: Worship Rooted in Creation
by Galumalemana Bolivia Smith As the golden rays of the sun streamed through the stained-glass windows, casting vibrant colors across the altar, and the choir sang, “All Heaven Declares the Beauty of the Risen Lord,” I felt a deep sense of connection between heaven and earth. I was reminded why, as the Choir Master of…
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Ecology and Climate: Creation
by Gen Rees-Carter I remember sitting in church on one of my first visits during the Season of Creation, listening to the liturgy about how we have been “given this earth to care for and delight in, so that all your creatures may enjoy its bounty.” I couldn’t help but think how different this was…
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Ecology and Climate: The Groaning Creation
Essay, Litany, and interview by Muhia Wairimu. Muhia is a Hospital Chaplain in the Anglican Church of Kenya, Diocese of Mt. Kenya South, and a Theological student at St Paul’s University. Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is…
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Ecology and Climate: Sowing Seeds of Climate Justice: From Grief to Action
Grace Behm is a curate at St Matthew-in-the-City,Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand. “We were not created to be survivors. We were created to have life. And what climate change does is challenge life.” These words by Archbishop Julio Ernesto Murray of Panama echo a profound truth about our current climate crisis. He recounts the story of the…
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Ecology and Climate: A Church Garden Transforming Lives in Natal
by Asemahle Zoko The Mission of the Province of Southern Africa is the 5 T’s; ‘Tell, Teach, Transform, Tend and Treasure’. Our local parish has a gardening project aimed to align with this mission and our Diocese of Natal’s mission of being ‘Christ Centered and growing spiritually’, all whilst taking measures to reverse the effects…
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Ecology and Climate: The Effects of Climate Change on the Church, A Creative Reflection
by Rhobey Mugaru The sun hung low over St. Peter’s Cathedral, its once-glorious stained-glass windows now faded and cracked by relentless heat. The parishioners inside gathered for their Sunday service, but the sanctuary was no longer a refuge from the world outside. The effects of climate change had breached even these sacred walls, forcing the…
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Expressing the Sacred: Iconography as Prayer
by Emily Clough Recently I went on a retreat to learn how to write an icon. My Dad thought I had made a mistake when I told him that’s what I was doing. Surely a person paints an icon or creates one, but a person wouldn’t write an icon. That is however the correct term.…
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Expressing the Sacred: Liturgy, Art, and Theology
by Rachel Revely “The Stations of Words” was a series of art pieces with an accompanying liturgy installed in Lincoln Cathedral during the Covid Pandemic. Pilgrims were invited to pray the liturgy whilst moving through the images. Here, Rachel Revely shares with us a part of the liturgy which pilgrims prayed, and speaks about Liturgy,…
