Creation Care and Climate Justice: Fleeing and Welcoming

We continue the sermon series “Creation Care and Climate Justice.” This week's sermon will center on the theme of climate migration. We will hear the account of disciples on the road to Emmaus from Luke’s Gospel and consider what it means to recognize and welcome those God sends our way.

All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say: “I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Matt 25:35).

– from The Rule of St. Benedict

Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.

– Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants