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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. Susan Dougherty

Easter Sunday

April 20, 2025

John 20:1-18
Rev. Susan Dougherty
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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!

Planning a Pollinator Sanctuary in the NE MN Synod

Robert Jenko

Stories from Congregations and Synods

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

Called to Action for Earth Care
Tamela K. Walhof
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April 1, 2025
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Worship, Music and Dance
Paul Jacobson
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March 18, 2025
Saint Paul Area Synod
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Announcing

The EcoFaith Summit of the Upper Midwest
EcoFaith
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March 17, 2025
Northeastern Minnesota Synod
Worship and Music for the 2025 EcoFaith Summit of the Upper Midwest:
A preview from the Worship team
Paul Jacobson
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March 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

April 1, 2025

Laura Raedeke

Wetlands, Aquifers, Rivers, Lakes and Oceans: What's In Our Water?

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March 1, 2025

Laura Raedeke

Figuring Out Climate Change: Global Warming is Making the Planet (including Minnesota) Hotter, Wetter and Drier

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February 1, 2025

Laura Raedeke

Toxic PFAS Chemicals: What You Need to Know about Minnesota's Ban on "Forever Chemicals" that are in Thousands of Products We Use Everyday

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Book Corner

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

Field Guide to Church of the Wild

Victoria Loorz and Valerie Luna Serrels

"There are plenty of ideas in this book to help guide and structure outdoor gatherings that bring spiritual insights and renewed awareness of our connections to the earth as God’s gift."

Rev. John Hanson

What if we Get it Right?

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

What if we act as if we love the future?

Rev. John Hanson

Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown.

Andreas Malm & Wim Carton

How can we cease being the chaplains to capitalism and start seriously to address our climate crises?

Fredric L. Quivik

When the Ice Is Gone

Paul Bierman

This book reads like an adventure story, with intrepid military officials trying to conquer the ice and with scientists making important new discoveries, but its message about disappearing ice is also an important one as collectively we try to chart a sustainable path to the future.

Fredric L. Quivik

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