Leah Schade, PhD, is a Lutheran pastor, eco-theologian, author of Creation-Crisis Preaching: Ecology, Theology and the Pulpit, and assistant professor of preaching and worship at Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky.Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, PhD, is an Episcopal priest, author, and climate activist serving as Missioner for Creation Care in the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts and Southern New England Conference, United Church of Christ.

Leah Schade and Margaret Bullitt-Jonas have curated a powerful anthology. Their new work offers weary-hearted readers tools to cope with the grief and despair of climate work, encourages persistence in taking action, and motivates bearing witness to the vision of a more just and sustainable future. . . . By collecting these various stories and voices, Schade and Bullitt-Jonas provide the reader with a sense of relief through an unburdening of adopted identities or purposes and asks how can you in your specific life add to this movement? What roots you in this work? How can you stand firmly and deeply in your own soil and rise to meet the both nourishing and harsh conditions these people face in working toward a better world? Anyone in a faith-based organization interested in this work would be wise to read this book and share in community to discern how you are best able to root yourself in this challenging and life-giving work.

• Foreword, Mary Evelyn Tucker A Special Introduction by Bill McKibben Introduction Questions to Ponder A Spiritual Practice SECTION I: ROOTING IN INTERFAITH FRIENDSHIP Section I Introduction 1 Living in the Four Worlds: Spiritual Practices in the Midst of Climate Disruption Rabbi Mordechai Liebling 2 Connecting Faith, Environmental Justice, and Sustainability: An Islamic Reflection Huda Alkaff 3 Building the Eco-Ethical Ark in the Age of Climate DisruptionRev. Dr. Leah D. Schade 4 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION II: RISING IN LOCAL ACTIVISMSection II Introduction 5 Praised Be the Flood Rev. Fred Small 6 The Ground Beneath Our Feet Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman 7 The End of Hope and the Beginning of Miracle Jay O’Hara 8 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION III: ROOTING SCIENCE AND POLICY IN FAITH AND SPIRITUALITYSection III Introduction 9 The Imperative of Hope Dr. Katharine Hayhoe10 The View from My Window Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH11 The Thing with Feathers Corina Newsome12 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION IV: RISING FROM THE MARGINSSection IV Introduction 13 Not Our First Rodeo: Memory and Imagination Stir Up Hope Peterson Toscano14 Confronting Climate Change: Wisdom from a Civil Rights Activist Rev. Dr. Gerald L. Durley15 Interview with Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.Margaret Bullitt-Jonas16 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION V: ROOTING IN LITURGY, MORAL VISION, AND VOCATIONSection V Introduction 17 The World as Sacrament Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis18 A Letter Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda, PhD19 Fighting Climate Change: Our Responsibility, Our Vocation, Our Salvation Rev. Dr. Jim Antal20 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION VI: UPROOTED, REPLANTED, AND RISINGSection VI Introduction 21 The People around Me: Reflections from a Post-Christian AnarchistKiran Oommen22 Interview with Dr. Tink Tinker (wazhazhe/Osage Nation), PhDLeah D. Schade23 Working Up Hope Tim DeChristopher24 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION VII: GRIEF, LOVE, AND TREESSection VII Introduction 25 Contemplating Creation: Wisdom from a Sequoia Christina Leaño26 Living with Environmental Despair Roger S. Gottlieb27 Love Every Leaf Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas28 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual PracticeBibliographyScripture Index Index About the Contributors

Leah Schade, PhD, is a Lutheran pastor, eco-theologian, author of Creation-Crisis Preaching: Ecology, Theology and the Pulpit, and assistant professor of preaching and worship at Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky.Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, PhD, is an Episcopal priest, author, and climate activist serving as Missioner for Creation Care in the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts and Southern New England Conference, United Church of Christ.

Leah Schade and Margaret Bullitt-Jonas have curated a powerful anthology. Their new work offers weary-hearted readers tools to cope with the grief and despair of climate work, encourages persistence in taking action, and motivates bearing witness to the vision of a more just and sustainable future. . . . By collecting these various stories and voices, Schade and Bullitt-Jonas provide the reader with a sense of relief through an unburdening of adopted identities or purposes and asks how can you in your specific life add to this movement? What roots you in this work? How can you stand firmly and deeply in your own soil and rise to meet the both nourishing and harsh conditions these people face in working toward a better world? Anyone in a faith-based organization interested in this work would be wise to read this book and share in community to discern how you are best able to root yourself in this challenging and life-giving work.

• Foreword, Mary Evelyn Tucker A Special Introduction by Bill McKibben Introduction Questions to Ponder A Spiritual Practice SECTION I: ROOTING IN INTERFAITH FRIENDSHIP Section I Introduction 1 Living in the Four Worlds: Spiritual Practices in the Midst of Climate Disruption Rabbi Mordechai Liebling 2 Connecting Faith, Environmental Justice, and Sustainability: An Islamic Reflection Huda Alkaff 3 Building the Eco-Ethical Ark in the Age of Climate DisruptionRev. Dr. Leah D. Schade 4 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION II: RISING IN LOCAL ACTIVISMSection II Introduction 5 Praised Be the Flood Rev. Fred Small 6 The Ground Beneath Our Feet Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman 7 The End of Hope and the Beginning of Miracle Jay O’Hara 8 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION III: ROOTING SCIENCE AND POLICY IN FAITH AND SPIRITUALITYSection III Introduction 9 The Imperative of Hope Dr. Katharine Hayhoe10 The View from My Window Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH11 The Thing with Feathers Corina Newsome12 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION IV: RISING FROM THE MARGINSSection IV Introduction 13 Not Our First Rodeo: Memory and Imagination Stir Up Hope Peterson Toscano14 Confronting Climate Change: Wisdom from a Civil Rights Activist Rev. Dr. Gerald L. Durley15 Interview with Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.Margaret Bullitt-Jonas16 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION V: ROOTING IN LITURGY, MORAL VISION, AND VOCATIONSection V Introduction 17 The World as Sacrament Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis18 A Letter Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda, PhD19 Fighting Climate Change: Our Responsibility, Our Vocation, Our Salvation Rev. Dr. Jim Antal20 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION VI: UPROOTED, REPLANTED, AND RISINGSection VI Introduction 21 The People around Me: Reflections from a Post-Christian AnarchistKiran Oommen22 Interview with Dr. Tink Tinker (wazhazhe/Osage Nation), PhDLeah D. Schade23 Working Up Hope Tim DeChristopher24 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION VII: GRIEF, LOVE, AND TREESSection VII Introduction 25 Contemplating Creation: Wisdom from a Sequoia Christina Leaño26 Living with Environmental Despair Roger S. Gottlieb27 Love Every Leaf Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas28 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual PracticeBibliographyScripture Index Index About the Contributors

Leah Schade, PhD, is a Lutheran pastor, eco-theologian, author of Creation-Crisis Preaching: Ecology, Theology and the Pulpit, and assistant professor of preaching and worship at Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky.Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, PhD, is an Episcopal priest, author, and climate activist serving as Missioner for Creation Care in the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts and Southern New England Conference, United Church of Christ.

Leah Schade and Margaret Bullitt-Jonas have curated a powerful anthology. Their new work offers weary-hearted readers tools to cope with the grief and despair of climate work, encourages persistence in taking action, and motivates bearing witness to the vision of a more just and sustainable future. . . . By collecting these various stories and voices, Schade and Bullitt-Jonas provide the reader with a sense of relief through an unburdening of adopted identities or purposes and asks how can you in your specific life add to this movement? What roots you in this work? How can you stand firmly and deeply in your own soil and rise to meet the both nourishing and harsh conditions these people face in working toward a better world? Anyone in a faith-based organization interested in this work would be wise to read this book and share in community to discern how you are best able to root yourself in this challenging and life-giving work.

• Foreword, Mary Evelyn Tucker A Special Introduction by Bill McKibben Introduction Questions to Ponder A Spiritual Practice SECTION I: ROOTING IN INTERFAITH FRIENDSHIP Section I Introduction 1 Living in the Four Worlds: Spiritual Practices in the Midst of Climate Disruption Rabbi Mordechai Liebling 2 Connecting Faith, Environmental Justice, and Sustainability: An Islamic Reflection Huda Alkaff 3 Building the Eco-Ethical Ark in the Age of Climate DisruptionRev. Dr. Leah D. Schade 4 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION II: RISING IN LOCAL ACTIVISMSection II Introduction 5 Praised Be the Flood Rev. Fred Small 6 The Ground Beneath Our Feet Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman 7 The End of Hope and the Beginning of Miracle Jay O’Hara 8 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION III: ROOTING SCIENCE AND POLICY IN FAITH AND SPIRITUALITYSection III Introduction 9 The Imperative of Hope Dr. Katharine Hayhoe10 The View from My Window Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH11 The Thing with Feathers Corina Newsome12 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION IV: RISING FROM THE MARGINSSection IV Introduction 13 Not Our First Rodeo: Memory and Imagination Stir Up Hope Peterson Toscano14 Confronting Climate Change: Wisdom from a Civil Rights Activist Rev. Dr. Gerald L. Durley15 Interview with Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.Margaret Bullitt-Jonas16 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION V: ROOTING IN LITURGY, MORAL VISION, AND VOCATIONSection V Introduction 17 The World as Sacrament Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis18 A Letter Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda, PhD19 Fighting Climate Change: Our Responsibility, Our Vocation, Our Salvation Rev. Dr. Jim Antal20 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION VI: UPROOTED, REPLANTED, AND RISINGSection VI Introduction 21 The People around Me: Reflections from a Post-Christian AnarchistKiran Oommen22 Interview with Dr. Tink Tinker (wazhazhe/Osage Nation), PhDLeah D. Schade23 Working Up Hope Tim DeChristopher24 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual Practice SECTION VII: GRIEF, LOVE, AND TREESSection VII Introduction 25 Contemplating Creation: Wisdom from a Sequoia Christina Leaño26 Living with Environmental Despair Roger S. Gottlieb27 Love Every Leaf Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas28 Questions to Ponder and a Spiritual PracticeBibliographyScripture Index Index About the Contributors