“Judgment in the Gulf: Woes and blessings of the oil spill”
Read a June 1, 2010 essay in Christianity Today by Mark Galli titled, “Judgment in the Gulf: Woes and blessings of the oil spill.”
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Wilton Gregory
The Most Rev. Wilton Gregory is Roman Catholic archbishop of Atlanta. He served as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2001 to 2004. During his term the bishops developed new policies on clergy sexual abuse. He also has written about the death penalty, physician-assisted suicide and African-American liturgy.
“The Cry of the Oil-Soaked Pelican: How the birds mired in the Gulf oil spill teach us to properly grieve”
Read “The Cry of the Oil-Soaked Pelican: How the birds mired in the Gulf oil spill teach us to properly grieve,” a June 9 essay at Christianity Today relating the disaster to man’s fallen nature.
“It’s about the carbon: What’s worse than the gulf oil leak?”
Read a June 1, 2010 an essay in the June edition of The Christian Century by Bill McKibben, titled “It’s about the carbon: What’s worse than the gulf oil leak?”
“Gulf spill seeps into spiritual life”
Read a June 11, 2010 story, “Gulf spill seeps into spiritual life,” from The Times-Picayune of New Orleans and posted at the Huffington Post.
“My Take: How should Christians respond to the oil spill?”
“How should Christians respond to the oil spill?” is a June 18 column by Jonathan Merritt, author of “Green Like God: Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet.” The essay is at CNN’s Belief Blog.
Vashti M. McKenzie
Vashti (pronounced “Vasht-eye”) M. McKenzie is bishop of the 13th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first woman bishop in the denomination. Formerly a journalist and radio broadcaster, she wrote Not Without a Struggle: Leadership Development for African American Women in Ministry (Pilgrim Press, 1996) and Strength in the Struggle: Leadership Development for Women (Pilgrim Press, 2002).
“The BP Oil Spill: A Christian Call for Lament and Reconciliation”
An online petition, “The BP Oil Spill: A Christian Call for Lament and Reconciliation,” called on Americans to observe a “fast from oil” on Sunday, June 20, 2010, the two-month anniversary of the spill. Composed at the 2010 Duke Divinity Center for Reconciliation Summer Institute, the petition includes a Litany of Lament and suggestions for reducing oil […]
“4 Gulf Coast governors call for Day of Prayer on Sunday”
The governors of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas named Sunday, June 27, a day of prayer for the Gulf Coast oil spill.