Songs To Take You Into Fall
Butternut squash, beautifully colored leaves and football games are just a few of the best things about fall. Pumpkin-spice-latte season is always greatly anticipated by coffee lovers. It’s time to update your play ...
Category: Environment, Holidays and Observances
Celebrate Autumn
George Eliot said, "Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." In September, it's time to think about back-to-school, football, the ...
Category: Environment
Religious and Sacred Places in Alaska, Part 1
Alaska’s nickname is The Last Frontier. Although it’s the least populated state in the nation, it’s one of the most populated areas above the 60th parallel in North America. Most of Alaska’s resid ...
Category: Environment, Religion
Take in Native American Culture in Oklahoma, Part 2
Oklahoma has so many places to explore Native American culture that it will take two posts to get through them all. Here are more sites in Oklahoma that are dedicated to the native people of the Americas. Spiro Mounds A ...
Category: Environment, Religion
Green Pope Speaks God's Mind
80529084](/assets/ulc/blog/scaled/white-robes.jpg){.alignleft .size-medium .wp-image-7882 width=300 height=200}For a billion faithful worldwide, when the pope declares a thing, God has spoken. By that standard, there sho ...
Category: Environment, Religion
Faith Groups Instrumental in Providing Disaster Relief
After watching some of the major disasters over the past several months, Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, forest fires in the western U.S and earthquakes in Mexico, most people's empathy is on high. Those who have gone unaf ...
Category: Aid, Disasters, Environment, Religion
Eco-Friendly Funerals and Religious Beliefs
Although you won't find the phrase "ashes to ashes" in the Bible itself, you will find many scriptures talking about how our bodies begin and end as dust. Where did that phrase come from? It's actually from the "Book of ...
Category: Environment, Funerals
Faith-Based Eco-friendly Activism
In 1970, Art Buchwald, a political satirist and humorist, said, "And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because Man could then take ...
Category: Environment
The Episcopal Church Goes Green
The Episcopal Church has made many strides in social justice throughout the years, most noticeably, giving the LGBT+ community a place to worship and get married in the church. Another outreach that the Episcopal Church ...
Category: Environment, Christianity
Ways to Enjoy God’s Creation
Earth Day has already come and gone, but that doesn't mean you can't get out in nature and enjoy God's creation. With today's hectic schedules and busy lives, many of us don't take the opportunity to enjoy life like we s ...
Category: Environment