Tag Archives: climate change

Writing the Turning Point in Our Climate Crisis Story

Posted on May 10, 2019 by

The peripeteia, or turning point, of a story is sometimes difficult to ascertain the first time one is reading it. It is often only in looking back on the story in its entirety that we see the turning point that … Continue reading →

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Climate Eucatastrophe

Posted on May 9, 2019 by

In J. R. R. Tolkien’s works, the eucatastrophic moment only comes when good and compassionate persons realize that they must be willing to bring their full and whole lives (even to the point of being willing to sacrifice their lives) … Continue reading →

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Who Will Save Us?

Posted on April 28, 2019 by

Corporations are not going to save us. Politicians are not going to save us. Judges are not going to save us. Philanthropists are not going to save us. Preachers are not going to save us. Scientists are not going to … Continue reading →

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Hope and Climate Change

Posted on February 12, 2019 by

What most climate scientists and climate justice advocates don’t want to publicly admit is that the die is likely already cast when it comes to catastrophic climate change. Given the amount of greenhouse gases we have already emitted into the … Continue reading →

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Trusting God on Climate Change

Posted on January 26, 2019 by

Like Senator James Inhofe, Sarah Sanders recently intimated that she is trusting God to take care of the climate. Perhaps she might want to consider that one way God “takes care of things” is through us, and maybe, just maybe, … Continue reading →

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The Urgency of Now and Climate Change: There IS Such a Thing as Too Late – Video

Posted on January 9, 2019 by

Video of Mark Davies’ talk on “The Urgency of Now and Climate Change: There IS a Such Thing as Too Late” – sponsored by the Arizona Foundation of Contemporary Theology and Arizona Interfaith Power and Light, January 6, 2019 at … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma, Step Beyond Fossil Fuel

Posted on January 21, 2018 by

I completely understand why the fossil fuel companies in Oklahoma whose massive tax breaks have broken our state would want to control the state’s response to its brokenness, but I can’t understand why the rest of us would let them. … Continue reading →

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