During January I was inspired for my sermons by a book, The New Universe and the Human Future, by Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack. They make a case from a scientific/secular perspective for a new sense of human identity, one grounded in our connection not just to the earth but to the whole universe, and they continue with a prophetic call to respond to climate change for the benefit of perhaps 100 million generations to come! Now, for February, I am going to be using sermon themes to ask God to inspire us and let God create through us a response in which we can do our part to move human carbon usage into greater harmony with a sustainable human-friendly climate. Please help me by doing your own research and prayer and let me know what you are finding and thinking. I am pleased to share sermon time this Sunday with Hugh Shyba, who along with his wife, Cheryl, have become involved with the Citizens Climate Lobby. Please join us to hear more about that. I hope very deeply that we may realize together that climate change is the most consequential issue of our day, the one with the greatest impact on future generations, the one we must solve sooner rather than later. Let's put our heads and hearts together; let's think about prayerful and active responses so that the human presence on earth may reflect our highest vision for many generations to come. Please come and join us!

Blessings for earth balance,