For information about and resources to celebrate a Season of Creation, click here. Commentary on the Season of Creation in Year B (2018): The Word Series Robert
Saler
is Research Fellow,
Christian Theological Seminary at Indianapolis and Director of the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal
Programs. He has served as pastor
of Bethel Lutheran Church in Gary, IN and visiting lecturer in theology at the
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He received his BA from Valparaiso
University, his MA from the University of Chicago Divinity School, and his
M.Div., Th.M., and Ph.D. from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He is
the author of numerous articles in the areas of biblical hermeneutics,
ecological theology, patristic thought, and contemporary ecclesiology. He is
currently writing an intellectual biography of the 20th-century theologian
Joseph Sittler. rsaler@hotmail.com. First Sunday in the Season of Creation in Year B: Planet Earth Sunday (by Rob Saler) Second Sunday in the Season of Creation in Year B: Humanity Sunday (by Rob Saler) Third Sunday in the Season of Creation in Year B: Sky Sunday (by Rob Saler) The Season of Creation in Year B: Saint Francis Sunday (by Rob Saler) Sermon: Blessing of All the Animals (by David Rhoads) Commentary on the Season of Creation in Year C (2019): The Wisdom Series Leah D. Schade
is a minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) with
an MDiv (2000) and a PhD (2008) from the Lutheran Theological Seminary
at Philadelphia (LTSP). She has served congregations in suburban, urban
and rural settings and is currently the pastor of United in Christ
Lutheran Church in West Milton, PA. Rev. Schade completed her
dissertation on homiletics and ecological theology She is a trained
workshop leader for Lutherans Restoring Creation, and a member of her
synod’s Creation Care team. She also serves on the synodical task force
for addressing justice issues surrounding fracking in Pennsylvania. Leah
is founder of the Interfaith Sacred Earth Coalition of the Susquehanna
Valley (ISEC) committed to addressing threats to water, land, air,
eco-systems, and public health. Her blog, http://ecopreacher.blogspot.com/, features sermons, essays, creative writing, and movie and book reviews on ecological and social justice issues. jimleah@aol.com First Sunday in the Season of Creation in Year C: Ocean Sunday (by Leah Schade) Second Sunday of the Season of Creation in Year C: Animal Sunday (by Leah Schade) Third Sunday of the Season of Creation in Year C: Storm Sunday (by Leah Schade) Fourth Sunday of the Season of Creation in Year C: Universe Sunday (by Leah Schade) Commentary on the Season of Creation in Year A (2020): The Spirit Series This
year, we have requested sermons from different preachers. Each was
asked to contribute a sermon and to prepare a handout with a list of
actions and exercises parishioners might do as a response to the sermon.
Nick Utphall, pastor of Advent Lutheran Church of Madison Christian Community in Madison, WI, also serves as director and coordinator of this website. Marcy Wieties is support pastor of Emmaus Lutheran Church in Racine, WI and Counselor for the Racine County Housing Authority. Jeffrey Wild, retired pastor is the author (with Peter Bakken) of Church on Earth: Grounding Your Ministry in a Sense of Place (Augsburg-Fortress, 2009). The Second Sunday in the Season of Creation in Year A: Land Sunday While we don't have a land sermon on the texts for the Season of Creation, here are two sermons with the general theme: "The Right to Love the land" by Neddy Astudillo "The Glad Soil Rejoices" by John Paarlberg The Third Sunday of the Season of Creation in Year A: Wilderness Sunday (by Marcy Wieties) The Fourth Sunday of the Season of Creation in Year A: River Sunday (by Nick Utphall) |
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