A “pray for climate change” service held in Australia drew a number of global faith leaders, according to an Anglican Journal article. The leaders are in Melbourne for the Parliament of the World’s Religions, where climate change from a spiritual perspective is expected to be discussed.

Catholic News Service writes about the Vatican delegation to the conference in this article.

Read a Dec. 3, 2009, blog post, “Climate Talks Blow More Hot Air,” by Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council. Perkins and the FRC reflect the views of many conservative Christian skeptics.

Read a Dec. 3, 2009, column at Sightings, titled “Faith and Science: At War No More.” It is written by Martin Davis, former director of the Congregational Resource Guide.

A 2oo9 Pew Global Attitudes survey found that concern about climate change is far lower in the U.S., China and Russia than in other major countries.

Read a ClimateWire article posted by the Times about a dramatic drop in the percentage of Americans who say they believe in global warming.

Chris Stewart is the California representative for Karate for Christ. He is based in Downey, Calif.

Matt Smith is pastor of Barabbas Road Church in La Jolla, Calif. He instituted a fitness ministry to attract new church members when other ministries failed.

Cissy Brady-Rogers is a marriage and family counselor in Arcadia, Calif., and was a contributor to The Religion of Thinness: Satisfying the Spiritual Hungers Behind Women’s Obsession With Food and Weight. She can discuss fitness, yoga, Christians practicing yoga, Christian-based weight loss, eating disorders, plastic surgery and sexuality. She can be contacted through her website.