The Diocese of Southern Ohio’s Creation Care and Environmental Task Force and the Faith-in-Life Committee, in partnership with the Center for Deep Green Faith, has created vestry devotionals that begin in September with the Season of Creation, and follow the liturgical seasons from Advent through Easter. Download here.
For a deeper dive into The Episcopal Church’s response to climate change and environmental justice, read the recent House of Bishops’ statement “Expressing the Mind of the House on Climate and Our Vocation in Christ.” And for individual or small group study, use A Life of Grace for the Whole World: A Study Course on the House of Bishops’ Pastoral Teaching on the Environment co-written by The Rev. Jerry Cappel, a member of the Center for Deep Green Faith and contributor to DSO’s new diocesan vestry devotionals. Finally, here is an article written by another contributor, Dr. Collin Cornell, on an expansive understanding of the Lord’s Prayer.