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“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now." – Chinese Proverb  Caring for a climate-changed world requires that we strike a delicate balance. On one hand, we are called to name and address the injustices against God’s people and planet that we see happening in the present moment. At the same time we are asked to paint a picture of the just, whole, and loving world that we believe God desires and work toward making that world more of a reality everyday. There are times when it feels like the first task is taking up the majority of our focus. In times when environmental protections are being stripped, major cities are being occupied by violent forces, and extreme winter storms are paralyzing much of the country, it’s easy to get caught up in what feels urgent and immediate. And yet while we need to tend to the necessities of the moment, it’s imperative that we keep an eye toward the world that we are trying to build. As our new vision statement says, we imagine “a world where all of God’s Creation thrives”. Over the years, there has been one member of Creation that has stood as a barometer for the whole community’s thriving: trees. The only part of the created order that is mentioned more in scripture than trees is humans. The only part of the created order that is mentioned more in scripture than trees is humans. The story of our faith is in some ways the story of humans and trees co-existing from the Garden of Eden in Genesis to the New Jerusalem in Revelation. Trees provide food, shelter, beauty and inspiration. Yet they also fall victim to being used as instruments of war and violence in human hands. From Noah’s ark to the cross of Christ, trees have been witnesses to the narratives of fall and redemption on which our faith is built. Closer to home, trees have been an almost universally recognized symbol of conservation and ecological stewardship yet as we’re reminded in the pages of James Cone’s classic work The Cross and the Lynching Tree, they have also been reminders of some of the more tragic parts of this country’s history. It often goes unrecognized that access to tree covered areas has been denied to certain communities of people in this country based on race and income, with damaging consequences to both physical and emotional health. The term “tree equity” is used in spaces that are aware of this harmful legacy and that are actively working to reverse it. Access to trees, healthy native trees that support the local ecosystem, is a justice issue. Over the next year, Creation Justice Ministries will be working with partners to facilitate tree planting events across the country in areas where tree canopy is low or nonexistent. We’ll be sharing more about those events in the coming months so stay tuned. In the meantime, we want to invite you to download our 2026 annual resource, The Canopy of Creation: Trees, Faith, and the Work of Justice. The resource includes:
We also have a robust and growing online supplemental resource that includes a comprehensive guide to tree planting.
In past years, we created an “Earth Day resource”, using the day as an occasion to bring specific issues into focus. And while we still hope that you’ll highlight the importance of Creation Justice on Earth day, we also hope that you won’t stop there. We want this to be an evergreen resource (see what I did there?) that can be used year round and in future years. There is a lot in this world that is uncertain right now. One thing we can say for certain is that if we want to live in a world where everyone has access to all of the benefits that trees provide then we have to begin that work right now, even as we balance the competing needs of the day. Planting trees with an uncertain future is an act of faith. Planting trees in a time of despair is an act of hope. Planting trees that all can enjoy is an act of love. We hope you’ll join us both in resisting the injustices of the present and planting the just world we dream to build.
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Do not remember the former things or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert The wild animals will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches, for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people, the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise. Isaiah 43:18-21 Isn’t it telling that when the prophet declares that God is up to something new, it is signified by a healing in the ecology, a restoration of the wildlife, and an opportunity for God’s people to be a part of the new flourishing of Creation? The “new” is never just for humanity. It’s for all of Creation to rejoice in the falling away of the systems of brokenness and abuse and to seek a bold, hopeful future. A new year doesn’t solve everything. It doesn’t right all of the wrongs of the 365 days that preceded it. It doesn’t undo the damages done nor bring back the lives lost. A new year doesn’t erase the feelings of fear, anger, hopelessness, and despair that we just lived through. It doesn’t mend the heartbreak. It doesn’t restore the devastation. That would be asking too much of a turn of the calendar. Yet a new year is filled with potential. It is ripe with opportunity. A new year brings with it the hope that this one will be better, that this one will be more just and more loving.  A new year asks us to reflect on what we want to leave behind and what we’d like to see emerge. Granted, we won’t be able to leave it all behind, not at first. Not on day one. But we can step into this new year in the hopes that the good news will outweigh the bad. After all, we are people of good news! There’s nothing magical that happens when we move from December 31st to January 1st. But we can approach this as a year as a time when maybe God will do a new thing. Because if we believe that God is doing a new thing, then we’ll live in a new way and find ourselves right in the middle of the new thing that God is doing.  Derrick Weston Director of Theological Education & Formation Creation Justice Ministries  The Christmas season is a time when we are close to trees. This feels a bit paradoxical, however, because the reason that there may be a tree in our living rooms, whether the tree is natural or artificial, is that it had to be chopped down. And yet it's the time of the year when nature is close to us, because we’ve drawn near to this tree by bringing it inside our house. Not for shade. Not for lumber. But because this tree has become a spiritual symbol for us in the Christmas season of a saviour who dwelled and dwells with us. This year, I’ve been thinking about those other trees that aren’t in our living rooms and have been chopped down for more utilitarian reasons. I’ve been thinking about how 90% of forest in the United States was chopped down between the 17th and 20th centuries–a loss we may never replace and may never ecologically and spiritually recover from. Even though it’s the heart of winter, I’m thinking about the trees that provide shade in the summer, and the unshaded places longing for trees that have been chopped down. I’m thinking of concrete-lined neighborhoods where asthma rates are high and tree canopy is low and the nearest tree is indeed in the living room. A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. ~ Isaiah 11:1 The prophecy in Isaiah 11 illustrates a tree that has been chopped down, but despite this apparent destruction, life would one day begin to emerge. A small shoot would come out of this lineage and legacy that is seemingly in shambles, and from these same roots, a branch would emerge, likely providing shade, as well as fruit. In 2025, there has been a lot of destruction to bear witness and attend to. Christmas is a reminder that God is familiar and particularly adept with bringing forth life and hope out of destruction.  And like our trees, paradoxically chopped down by our own hands, God brings forth hope through an embodied closeness to us, despite the ways we’ve collectively missed the mark. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. ~ Romans 8:22 Christmas is a celebration of the birth of a baby who personified a young shoot emerging out of a felled tree. Perhaps thousands of years before major deforestation would occur, Christ’s birth is about being a tree with us, God with us, a destroyed forest with us. Using our ecological imaginations, we might find Jesus in solidarity with the felled trees, each felled tree a symbol of His eventual crucifixion. And even more so we find Jesus in solidarity with the children born into unshaded neighborhoods–a shoot of hope growing out of areas with stumps. The prophecy reminds us that liberation begins with small sprouts. Jesus did not incarnate as a 33-year-old. Likewise, our work for the liberation of God’s planet and people begins with small, hopeful actions. We can’t re-plant all that’s been lost in one day, but we can start by planting a tree. Or by seeding hope. May the eternal story of new life emerging out of dead ends give us hope, strength, and resilience for the work ahead.  Kat Gonzales Faithful Resilience Program Director Creation Justice Ministries Off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina is an ecological treasure trove found in a region called the Blake Plateau. This extraordinary sacred ecosystem is home to the world's largest deep-sea coral reef habitat, where floating Sargassum seaweed meadows nurture colossal sperm whales, bluefin tuna, whale sharks, threatened loggerhead sea turtles, rare seabirds, and thousands of other species.
In addition to providing an important habitat for fish and marine life, the deepsea corals on the Blake Plateau consume organic matter that rains down from the ocean’s surface and recycle it into essential nutrients for the entire ecosystem. As the Gulf Stream rolls over the plateau, it pushes these nutrients back up to the surface, supporting the ocean’s wildlife. These nutrients ultimately sustain the region’s fisheries, and all of us who rely on them. As the Blake Plateau reminds us of the beauty of the darkness, the Season of Advent invites us to sit with the darkness, creating space for quiet and centering. Like the deep sea coral offers life giving nutrients across the Ocean, Advent offers hope and reignites our imagination of healing and restoration for all of Creation. This Advent, may we embrace this Season of darkness to sustain our collective work together.
 World Fisheries Day is celebrated annually on November 21 and is designed to raise awareness about the importance of healthy aquatic ecosystems and the sustainable management of fisheries. Millions of people depend on healthy and sustainable marine ecosystems to provide food for their survival and livelihood. It is equally important that fish populations are protected from overfishing and allowed to thrive. As we celebrate the protection and thriving of fisheries, we can also give thanks and feel gratitude for this amazing planet and all the life that it supports. As we recognize and feel the interconnectedness between people and all living things, such as the world’s fisheries, we expand the Body of Christ to encompass all of the natural world, not just humans. We see how each ecosystem, when it is working in balance, sustains life and supports neighboring ecosystems. It is humbling to slow down enough to think how amazing this planet is and how the Earth provides everything we need to survive and thrive. And not just for humanity but for all of life from the microscopic organisms to the Blue Whales. The Earth is truly amazing and life giving.  Harbor Christian Church has established a program called Living Coast Ministry (formerly Blue Theology) that focuses on the interconnection between the natural marine world and the divine. Our Living Coast Theologians enjoy a week-long summer residential program at Harbor Christian Church in Newport Beach, California. Harbor is located just across the street from the Upper Newport Back Bay. Being located in coastal Southern California gives us access to many wild places that most people never have the opportunity to experience. Living Coast Ministry at Harbor supports participants in visiting these natural wonders while helping to develop an ecological spirituality. What do we mean by ecological spirituality? Throughout the week, each group enjoys hands-on experiences that deeply connect them to the surrounding ocean and shoreline ecology. Each evening participants are led in discussions, sacred experiences and activities that support them in crafting their unique ecological lens on spirituality. In other words, Living Coast Ministry brings together real world experience and the sacred, allowing participants to ask new questions of their faith and to open to more expansive experiences of the divine. We love the opportunity to host youth groups and their chaperones from all over the country. To date we have hosted groups from Minnesota, Colorado, Maryland, Kentucky as well as local groups from Southern California. Our Living Coast Ministry team would love to hear from and potentially host you and your group. Click here for more information on Living Coast Ministry in Newport Beach.  Ryan Cullumber Associate Pastor Harbor Christian Church  Advent is a season that teaches us how to live in the tension between what is and what could be. It invites us into the quiet, expectant posture of creation itself: the way the earth grows still while life below the surface gathers strength for renewal. In winter, the mycelial networks beneath the forest floor quietly expand. The earthworms move deeper into the soil, slowing their metabolism. The dormant seeds of wildflowers lie in wait, needing the cold to prepare them for growth. None of this looks dramatic. But it is holy work, the slow, faithful preparation that allows life to rise again. This year, I’ve been holding close the truth that Advent offers: stillness does not mean stagnation. Waiting is not the absence of work. Hope is not naïve; it is preparatory. Stillness does not mean stagnation. Waiting is not the absence of work. Hope is not naïve; it is preparatory. And when I look at the movement for creation justice, I see that same holy, subterranean work happening all around us. In a year when protections for God’s creation were rolled back and environmental harms intensified, our community did not retreat. Instead, it rooted itself. Beneath the headlines, beneath the noise, something powerful has been stirring. Here at Creation Justice Ministries, we have felt that stirring in so many ways:
None of this makes the nightly news. But like the root systems beneath frozen soil, it is strengthening us for what is coming. It is preparing us to meet the world’s pain with the light of Christ, a light Advent promises is already on its way. So I find myself asking this Advent: What strength is God stirring in us now? What quiet preparation is happening in our congregations, in our communities, in the corners of our own hearts? My prayer is that we enter this season with the humility of creation, willing to rest, willing to listen, and willing to be renewed so that we can rise with hope into the year ahead. Below you’ll find ways to take action this month. May each step be part of the strength we are stirring up together. With the hope of peace on earth for all creation,  Avery Davis Lamb Executive Director Creation Justice Ministries Draft proposal of five-year offshore plan opens nearly all U.S. waters to drilling
Press Release Date: November 20, 2025 Location: Washington, D.C. Contact: Cory Gunkel, Megan Jordan | email: [email protected], [email protected] | tel: Cory Gunkel, 202.868.4061 Today, the Trump administration released a draft of its new offshore drilling plan for the next five years, which proposes opening the coast of California to oil and gas leasing. The plan also opens a portion of the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and vast areas off Alaska, to offshore leasing. The plan proposes six offshore lease sales in California between 2027 and 2030. There have been no new leases issued in federal waters off California since the mid-1980s. The leasing proposal would also allow offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, including Florida, outside of a 100-mile “buffer.” The Arctic Ocean would also see lease sales in the draft plan. Almost a decade ago, oil companies abandoned leases they owned in the Arctic Ocean following a series of mishaps, fines, government investigations, and, most famously, the grounding of the drill rig Kulluk. The National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, also known as the Five-Year Plan, determines where the federal government will sell leases for offshore drilling from 2026-2031. The proposed draft plan would allow drilling across more than 1 billion acres of U.S. federal waters, including protected areas. Oceana Campaign Director Joseph Gordon released the following statement condemning the new proposal: “This draft plan is an oil spill nightmare! The last thing America needs now is a massive expansion of offshore drilling that could shut down our shores with catastrophic oil spills. Our coastal communities, and their multi-billion-dollar economies, rely on healthy oceans to survive. The Atlantic Coast will thankfully be spared, but this dangerous proposal to still sell off millions of acres of our oceans is a betrayal of the bipartisan voices — including U.S. lawmakers, business leaders, and the people who live along these coasts — who oppose more offshore drilling. Congress, and coastal state leaders, must stand together to defend all of our coasts and demand that the Trump administration go back to the drawing board to take their states out of the final plan. Our coastlines must be safeguarded, not given away to oil and gas interests.” The introduction of this new draft opens a 60-day comment period in which the public can voice its concerns. After this comment period is complete, the Trump administration will issue a proposed program, with an additional 90-day comment period. Following that 90-day comment period, the administration will release the Proposed Final Program that will be sent to Congress for at least 60 days for consideration prior to finalizing the Five-Year Plan. The process began with a Request For Information (RFI) on April 30 that started a 45-day comment period to allow stakeholders to provide input on offshore oil and gas drilling. The period closed with more than 85,000 comments, most of which opposed expanded lease sales. A poll released by Oceana in July 2024 revealed that two-thirds of American voters (64%) support their elected officials protecting U.S. coastlines from new offshore drilling, with similar support among registered voters in coastal states (66%). “We cannot allow for offshore oil and gas expansion on the West Coast. Coastal property owners, businesses, their communities and visitors were severely harmed by California’s 2015 and 2021 offshore oil spills,” said Grant Bixby, Principal Broker, Bixby Residential Group, and founding member of the Business Alliance for Protecting the Pacific Coast (@BAPPC), which represents over 8,100 West Coast business members. “Our own clients who operate vacation rentals received cancellations for months, and those visitors were lost to hundreds of other local businesses up and down the coast. Our harbors and beaches were completely shut down. Any offshore drilling is not worth the economic and environmental risk to our state which relies on a clean coast with open beaches, harbors, and wetlands.” “News that the Trump Administration’s Five-Year Plan dramatically expands drilling in the Gulf is a breach of the public’s right to clean and healthy waters,” said Martha Collins, Executive Director for Healthy Gulf. “The Gulf is already a sacrifice zone of air and water pollution and abandoned oil wells, and new drilling will be even more dangerous as the industry expands into deeper and riskier waters. The opening of the eastern Gulf to drilling directly contradicts Trump’s previous moratoriums keeping Florida waters off the table. Opening up waters from the high arctic to the Gulf will not move our country forward to a clean energy future and energy independence this administration so craves.” “This plan is a dangerous gift to the oil and gas industry at the expense of our planet and shared future,” said Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš, Azul Founder and Executive Director. “This administration wants to open vast new areas of the West Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska to drilling – gutting environmental safeguards and endangering communities in the process. Latino voters across the country, and across party lines, overwhelmingly reject more offshore drilling, as seen in our 2024 National Azul Poll. Our communities have lived the consequences of oil spills and pollution, and they are calling on our leaders to move us beyond fossil fuels.” “When we consider the earth as God’s beloved Creation and our neighbor as deeply connected to the land, air, and water we share, we must question decisions which appear to favor short-term gain over long-term flourishing,” said Avery Davis Lamb, Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries. “The proposed expansion of offshore drilling in our nation’s waters not only threatens precious marine ecosystems, but also threatens the livelihoods of our neighbors who will be more exposed to toxic pollution. This announcement fails to provide the vision and justice our times demand. We strongly oppose this proposal and call for a transformative way forward — one that honors Creation, protects the vulnerable, and sets a course toward renewed life.” “The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast lauds the exclusion of East Coast planning areas from the Draft Proposed Program, but we are disappointed to see what is still a serious expansion of oil and gas infrastructure in American waters. No coastal community deserves dirty oil drilling off their shores and the inevitable spills it will bring,” said Sandra Bundy, President of the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast. “Coastal economies across the country will be impacted for decades into the future if this plan is finalized and we continue to see the results of reliance on fossil fuels at a time when we know we can and should do better.” “The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce wants to thank all our state’s elected officials for their public opposition to drilling for oil in the Atlantic,” said Frank Knapp, President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce. “Not only were their voices important at the beginning of this planning process, but they were extremely critical after the news several weeks ago that the Atlantic would be included in the drilling plan. Appreciation is well-deserved for the advocacy of Governor McMaster and our Congressional delegation led by Senator Graham.” Over the past decade, hundreds of municipalities, 60,000 businesses, and 500,000 fishing families — as well as thousands of elected officials from both parties — have opposed offshore drilling activities off their waters. There are significant risks with offshore drilling today, and oil spills continue to be an ongoing problem. More than 7,300 oil spills occurred in federal waters between 2010 and 2022 — an average of more than one spill every day. Offshore oil and gas drilling causes harmful pollution at every phase of the process, including exploration, production, and transportation. A 2021 analysis by Oceana found that ending new leasing could prevent more than $720 billion in damage to people, property, and the environment. The oil industry currently holds more than 2,000 leases, according to a 2023 Oceana report, with 75% of that ocean acreage unused. For more information about Oceana’s campaign to prevent the expansion of offshore drilling in the United States, please click here.  What if today, instead of opting to spend our money and energy online and in stores, we opted to spend our time out in creation? Today, our team is choosing to #OptOutside, pausing in gratitude and delight in God’s creation. #OptOutside was started by REI in 2015 as a way of encouraging their staff and patrons to spend the day after Thanksgiving not consuming, but rather delighting in an outdoor activity they enjoy. Our world today often feels frenzied, chaotic, and uncertain. I’m reflecting on how my own hurried purchases during this season might stem from a desire to control something, anything, in my daily life, as so much feels outside of my control. What would it look like not to buy our way into security and safety in this time, but rather be shepherded into the welcoming and protective presence of God through spending time in his creation? Creation knows well seasons of upheaval and disruption and yet, abiding in God’s care, resiliently and steadily continues on, creating life and beauty that reflects its Creator. Let us follow that example today, choosing to connect with the creation we are part of and express gratitude for the wisdom it shares with us on how to persist amidst uncertain times. Instead of spending the day controlling and consuming, let us learn, delight, and take refuge alongside creation, encountering the God who holds us and accompanies us through all seasons. Practice for Engaging CreationWhen I’m needing to combat anxiousness or the need to control, I find grounding myself in the physical reality around me to be particularly helpful in tuning in to the Holy Spirit’s presence and peace. As you spend time out in creation today, take a moment to engage all of your senses, ground yourself in God’s creation, and encounter His presence. As you wander, find a comfortable spot to sit and take a few minutes in silence, paying attention to your breath as your body rests in stillness. When you are ready, take notice of the creation around you with: 5 things you can see 4 things you can touch 3 things you can hear 2 things you can smell 1 thing you can taste Give thanks to God for each of these things. I invite you to sit in awe and wonder of a creation that persists amidst upheaval, and be encouraged that in Christ and in community with creation, we can too.  Marissa Salgado Church Engagement Manager Creation Justice Ministries For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16  We throw around the word 'love' a lot. “Love it!” I often say in support of something. “Love You” I say at the end of phone calls. If you play song association, the easiest word to win on is “Love,” because most songs are about strong emotions that we usually characterize as love. In this advent Season, I'm challenged to think of love in relation to the incarnation of Christ. In light of Jesus joining the created world, I’m invited to think of love as a pilgrimage. In light of Jesus joining the created world, I’m invited to think of love as a pilgrimage. A journey that traverses realms and statuses to meet someone or thing where they are and care for them. If the Incarnation is a demonstration of Love, that perhaps love has less to do with strong emotion, and more to do with strong action. As I seek to love my fellow creature, what realms must I cross? Is there a valley of woes separating me from my fellow human? Is there an emotion wall separating me from the trees in the land? Is the chasm of knowledge between me and my ability to advocate for creation too deep for me to wade through? Perhaps it would be an act of love to traverse those lengths. Perhaps on the other side when I say “Love You” to my fellow creatures, it will be a summary of evidence rather than a declaration of sentiment.  Naomi François Seminary Intern Creation Justice Ministries Isaiah 35:1-6, 10 The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. They will bloom with abundant flowers, and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of Lebanon will be given to them, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. Strengthen the hands that are feeble, make firm the knees that are weak, say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not! Here is your God, he comes with vindication; with divine recompense he comes to save you. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the mute will sing. Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; they will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee.  For much of my adult life with God, joy has been a significant, anchoring part of my faith. Through times of great delight and times of deep sorrow, the Spirit has graciously and kindly planted joy as the lens through which I both celebrate and mourn. It’s not a joy that removes or disregards pain; it’s one that anchors me in deep hope and in faith in a God who promises to make all things right. It has always felt like something not of my own doing, a gift for which I have been immensely grateful. I must confess, however, that throughout this last year, joy as the lens through which to process all that I, my community, and creation are going through has been elusive. It’s been a year of grief, anger, loss, and confusion. I’ve waited for that replanting of joy to make itself known again, and in this season of Advent that longing has only grown. In extended seasons of waiting, we can lose sight of what exactly we are in anticipation of. We can begin to feel as if we are alone in our waiting, sinking further into questions like: God, will the restoration you promise, the planting of joy from your Spirit and the making of all things right, truly come to pass? Isaiah 35:1–6, 10 reminds us not only of what we are waiting for, but of who we are waiting with. Isaiah 35:1–6, 10 reminds us not only of what we are waiting for, but of who we are waiting with. It offers a vision of human and more-than-human creation together being crowned with everlasting joy. The prophet tells us that the deserts will exalt the Lord and the flowers will burst forth in bloom and praise. We see those who are blind, deaf, lame, and mute finding healing, and all of creation being met by the Lord with joy and gladness. Sorrow and mourning are far from creation’s sight as we delight in communion with our Creator. Though the full planting of joy I know is God’s desire for me is something I’m still waiting for in many ways, I’ve taken great comfort in waiting alongside the community of creation in this Advent season. The songs and prayers of my multilingual church family, the laughter of children, the sunset over the Pacific, the company of trees on long sabbath hikes… each has accompanied me in my waiting and has graciously invited me to accompany them in theirs. This Advent, I’m in awe of a creation that chooses to persist, sometimes even defiantly, and continue living as it waits for its restoration. If creation can persist through chaos and destruction, I can too. We wait together, we long for joy together, we build a community expectant for our Messiah together. And that, I’m realizing, is an expression of joy in and of itself. When we find community and solidarity with creation - a creation that reminds us we are not alone in our waiting - our radical commitment to continue living together becomes a planting of joy, joy rooted in the Spirit of our Creator as he continues to work and move and usher us all into the kingdom. In this Advent season, as all of creation remembers that it has waited before and waits once again for its Redeemer, let us hold joy for and with one another. May this joy be what sustains us as we wait, grounding us in the patience James 5 calls us to, especially in times of suffering. We do not wait in suffering alone. We do not wait in suffering without joy. Though not yet complete, creation is singing. Creation is praising our God. Let us join that song, and let it be a proclamation of resistance and a proclamation of joy.  Marissa Salgado Church Engagement Manager Creation Justice Ministries |
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