Green Blades
Preaching Roundtable
The Green Blades Preaching Roundtable began in early 2020 around a physical table at Saint Andrews Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where pastors spent a morning sharing their prepared reflections on the ecological and eco-justice implications of the weekly lectionaries from Ash Wednesday through Pentecost (a Sunday for each person). What is the Resurrection for the whole creation?, we wondered as we wrestled with the texts. The insights were rich. We wanted to do it again.
That spring, the Covid-19 pandemic closed down in-person gatherings, including that year's EcoFaith Summit: "Now the Green Blade Rises: The Easter Gospel for the Whole Creation·. From the buried seed of that canceled Summit, the EcoFaith Network of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod ELCA started several new initiatives, including the Green Blades Rising Newsletter. A year later, we launched the Green Blades Preaching Roundtable, this time around a virtual table, still with the same goal of a variety of preaching people wrestling with the ecological and eco-justice implications of the weekly lectionary.
The Green Blades Preaching Roundtable weekly reflections by a variety of preaching writers on the ecological implications of each Sunday’s RCL Lectionary texts. Click here to learn more about writing for the Green Blades Preaching Roundtable.
If you are interested in writing for Green Blades Preaching Roundtable, please contact Rev. Kristin Foster at revkristinfoster@gmail.com
About Green Blades Preaching Roundtable
The Preaching Roundtable birthed in 2021 out of an idea from Rev. Kristin Foster. Green Blades Preaching Roundtable continues currently with Rev. Foster as organizer and editor of the Roundtable with writers from across the United States offering up their Biblical reflections on Scripture and Care of Creation. For more about writing, see the guidelines and how to get in contact with Rev. Foster.
Rev. Kristin Foster
Kristin Foster, long term pastor on the Mesabi Iron Range of northern Minnesota, now retired from parish ministry, is the co-chair of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod’s EcoFaith Network and editor of the Green Blades Preaching Roundtable. Over four decades of ministry, including fifteen years as internship supervisor, she has written, preached, and worked for the rights of organized labor, the full inclusion of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, and the empowerment of small communities. As pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in Mountain Iron, she was also the founding chairperson of the Iron Range Partnership for Sustainability. She lives outside Cook, Minnesota with her husband, Frank Davis, on an old Swede-Finn farmstead. They take every available opportunity to spend time with their two daughters, their partners, and their three grandchildren.
