The Rev. Dr. Leah D. Schade is the Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship at Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky and is ordained in the ELCA.  She has an EcoPreacher blog on her website containing many insightful and valuable posts.

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Presian Burroughs is a writer, speaker, and scholar who brings Scripture to life through her blog posts. Here are some blogposts that you may find relevant to EcoPreacher:

Blogs on Scriptural Texts

• The Creative Roles of Water & Land in Genesis 1:1-25
• Created to Till?: Genesis 2:15 and Adam’s Work in the Garden
• Fasting from Destruction: Reflections on Genesis 3-6 and Romans 5:12-21
• Jesus’ Earthen Cradle

Blogs on Eco-Discipleship

• Easy, Healthy Steel-Cut Oatmeal
• Food Audit Checklist

By: Leah Schade

"Here are tips and suggestions for responding to sermon pushback when addressing social issues in your preaching.

"If you’re a preacher who’s addressed a contemporary social issue in a sermon, you may have received negative pushback.  In a survey my team and I conducted this year about ministry, preaching, and social issues, clergy who experienced backlash to their sermons indicated that it came most frequently in loss of worship attendance (21%) or from angry words, letters, or emails (19%)."

The Rev. Dr. Leah D. Schade; [email protected]

"EcoPreacher 1-2-3 ideas for reading and preaching Deuteronomy 6:1-9 from a perspective of Earth care.
Deuteronomy 6:1-9 is one of the readings for the twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost if neither All Saints Day nor Reformation Sunday are observed.
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"Focus on vv. Deut. 6:3—5: 3Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe them diligently, so that it may go well with you, and so that you may multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you. 4Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. 5You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might."