This week over 4000 places of worship will show films about climate change
According to PRNewswire:
The event, called "Spotlight on Global Warming" is being organized by Interfaith Power & Light a nationwide movement to engage people of faith in the urgency to address global warming."Global warming is harming God's creation: first the poor of the world and eventually all of us and all life," said the Reverend Sally G. Bingham, founder of IPL and an Episcopal priest at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA.
Over 4000 congregations - Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu - will show An Inconvenient Truth, HBO's Too Hot Not to Handle and the independent documentary Lighten Up.
I'd call that very good news - American congregations finding common ground for the common good. And the members get a free film. That's progress.
Comments
Last week, on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, my rabbi focused his sermon on climate change. In my synagogue we only have sermons twice a year, on the two High Holidays; otherwise we do Torah study/discussion. So the two sermons are a pretty big deal, much-anticipated and much-discussed. I'm thrilled that he dedicated one to climate change and our obligation as Jews to be good stewards of creation.
Posted by: Rachel | October 3, 2006 09:56 AM
Great to see you Rachel! And glad to hear that your rabbi took the time to talk about this very important issue. It's so interesting and encouraging to see the wide variety of diverse faith groups that are uniting to make combatting global warming a priority of their ministry.
Posted by: David Buckley | October 3, 2006 12:42 PM