Report Warns Climate Change Could Kill Millions

A hard-hitting report on the effects of climate change from Christian Aid warns that poor people will continue to suffer disproportionately from its effects, and that progress on development could be nullified or even reversed unless action is taken. The Climate of...

Churches Observe Earth Sunday

More than 2,000 congregations across the nation will celebrate Earth Day Sunday this weekend. The Eco-Justice Program of the National Council of Churches sent out nearly 2,500 worship resources, titled Through the Eye of a Hurricane: Rebuilding Just Communities, by...

Evangelicals Divide Over Global Warming

Eighty-six evangelicals broke ranks with religious-right kingpins including James Dobson and Charles Colson and urged the Bush administration to limit carbon-dioxide emissions to battle global warming. Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif.,...

Joy to the Earth, the Lord is Come!

One benefit of retiring carols for most of the year is that when we return to them at Christmas we can hear them afresh despite their familiarity. This Christmas, as we sang Isaac Watts’ classic carol “Joy to the World,” I noticed something new about...