2015 Ecumenical
   Lenten Carbon Fast               
 Day 2 
   What You Can Do Today

WHAT IS THE FAST THAT IS REQUIRED OF US? Isaiah 58:6-9

There is a fast required of me - and there is a fast required of us - and they are connected.  Bill McKibben's life testifies to how a writer and teacher chose to fast from the usual life of an academic.  Driven by his love of creation, he has moved from being a conscientious private citizen to becoming one of the most visible public advocates in the world.  The peril engulfing creation is not someone else's problem.  It's up to our generation.  How might you move from private conscience to public witness?  As President Obama considers vetoing and canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, read Bill Moyers' brief account, and watch his 2 minute interview of Bill McKibben for inspiration as you consider how God is calling you: http://bit.ly/1DyoHWG

 

   With Your Church


Every congregation longs to be more than an assembly of individuals. As a church community, we bind ourselves in covenant with God and with one another. Now and in the coming years, virtually all of us must change our habits, our practices, our investments, and our patterns of living.  While this is very personal, it must not remain private.  As members of a community of faith, what is the fast that "we" choose?  How can we help each other make the changes we must?  How can Christ's call to "repent" (which means to turn our lives around) become a congregational activity rather than a matter of personal choice?

 

Like us on FacebookA project of NEREMFollow us on Twitter
(New England Regional Environmental Ministries)