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Caring for God's creation is an ever-evolving topic in this world, as climate change accelerates changes and our we further understand how human’s influence on the health of our planet.
This page provides an archive of resources and letters on the subject of care for creation.
Climate change in our blog
Explore voting resources, award-winning creation care films and opportunities for congregational climate action in Blessed Tomorrow’s November newsletter. Read the full issue for links and details, including October 27 office hours for the 2027 American Climate Leadership Awards.
The Rev. Carol Devine connects voting with care for neighbors, creation, and future generations. Her reflection offers practical steps to check registration, research candidates and ballot measures, know your rights, and help others participate. Read “Voting Faith and Climate” and explore the resources.
Blessed Tomorrow’s October newsletter connects faith with creation care through free Climate Ambassador training, an October Voting & Faith webinar, worship resources, and a postcard campaign to Congress. Read the full issue for registration links and practical ideas for your congregation.
Explore stories of climate hope on September 29, renewable energy planning for congregations on October 20, and free creation care resources in Lutherans Restoring Creation’s September Good Green News. The issue also includes film screenings, nature-based spiritual leadership training, civic engagement tools, and a new retirement-investment explainer. Read the full newsletter for details and registration links.
Nature supports young people’s physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, yet new Blessed Tomorrow research suggests many faith communities are not helping them connect creation, climate change, and faith. The Rev. Carol Devine invites congregations to take ministry outdoors, proclaim God’s presence throughout creation, and equip young people for faithful climate action. Read “Ask the Animals and They Will Teach You” on Blessed Tomorrow.
A new study from the Lutheran World Federation examines the human realities of climate-induced displacement in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, where droughts, floods, and other climate shocks are forcing families from their homes and livelihoods. Based on interviews and focus groups with displaced communities, the report highlights challenges including access to land, water, healthcare, education, and legal recognition—and the resilience and solidarity communities demonstrate in response.
Climate-Induced Displacement: A Human Journey calls for stronger early-warning systems, rights-based and inclusive policies, and meaningful participation by displaced people themselves. It also highlights the important role churches and faith-based organizations can play in fostering care, solidarity, resilience, and climate justice. Read the LWF report and explore its findings.
Blessed Tomorrow has released a new Worship + Sermon Kit designed to help faith communities connect worship, Scripture, and care for creation. The resource includes suggested Scripture passages, exegetical reflections, prayers, poems, images, children’s moment ideas, and materials that can be used individually or as part of a six-week series.
In Lead on Climate, Start with Worship, the Rev. Carol Devine explores why bringing creation and climate into worship matters—and how faith leaders can help communities see climate action as an expression of our calling to tend and care for God’s creation. Read the full article and explore the resources from Blessed Tomorrow.
Blessed Tomorrow’s September newsletter features a free Climate Ambassador Training on Sept. 26, Season of Creation resources, climate advocacy opportunities, stories from faith communities and new tools for congregational action. Explore the full newsletter for registration links and ways to put care for creation into practice.
Lutherans Restoring Creation’s August Good Green News features upcoming opportunities for worship, learning and action, including Nature, Spirituality & Church in the Wild on August 25, Season of Creation resources, the 2026–27 EcoPreacher cohort, an environmental spirituality summit with Bill McKibben, and an ELCA creation-care film series beginning September 2.
Explore these events, new resources and more ways for individuals and congregations to connect Lutheran faith with care for God’s creation.
Theologian Norman Wirzba reflects on how writer and farmer Wendell Berry reshaped his understanding of faith, Creation, and humanity’s relationship to the land. Drawing on Scripture, Berry’s agrarian vision reminds Christians that caring for people is inseparable from caring for soil, water, food, and the communities that sustain life.
This thoughtful reflection explores a deeply Lutheran understanding of God’s presence in Creation and Christ’s work of reconciliation for all things. Read the original essay from Blessed Tomorrow.
Water is at the center of the July Blessed Tomorrow newsletter, which features a new film series on protecting waterways, an upcoming ecumenical clergy retreat, resources from Lutherans Restoring Creation, and stories of faith-based climate action. Explore practical tools and opportunities to connect creation care with your congregation’s ministry.
“But ask the animals, and they will teach you;
the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you;
and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
Who among all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
In his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of every human being.”
How can our concern for creation become shared action at church? Lutherans Restoring Creation’s 2026 strategic plan identifies three priorities: strengthening relationships, equipping congregations for action and holding the church accountable to its commitments. Rooted in our call to love our neighbors and care for God’s creation, the plan invites us to consider our part. Read the plan and imagine your congregation’s next step.