FossilFreeUMC
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Category: Commentary
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Lenten Reflection in Verse
Climate, Crisis and Numbers I am growing weary of the phrase’collective self-annihilation’spoken by folks in powerasserting a perspective that their actionsand their behaviors are‘ours.’ The royal ‘we.’ It is spoken in politeness,in proximity—complicitly—simultaneouslypolite enough not to call outor offend, but to pretendand get to join, as if ‘we’we really are buddiesenjoying the plunderextraction and colonialism…
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A Lenten Reflection on Divesting from Fossil Fuels
This reflection was written to be published in the upcoming MFSA newsletter. As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Indeed, the days will come upon you,…
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The Revised Social Principles, Creation Justice, and General Conference
The Revised Social Principles, Creation Justice, and General Conference by Sharon Delgado and Mark Davies In addition to promoting the General Conference legislation to add fossil fuels to the list of United Methodist investment screens, Fossil Free UMC supports the passage of the Revised Social Principles at General Conference. In addition to working with Fossil Free…
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Investment Myths: Biofuels
by Rev. Kimberly Hornung-Marcy Biofuels are increasingly heralded as a cleaner alternative to oil and gas. Yet emissions and environmental research tells us that biofuels are a false solution. Biofuels and biofuel investment continues to harm the earth, cause emissions, and harm the local as well as the global environment. Scroll for information, links, and…
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Ten Reasons Why The United Methodist Church Should Divest from Fossil Fuels
These talking points explain why it is so important to support the petition to General Conference in 2024 calling for “fossil fuels” to be added to United Methodist Church’s list of ethical investment screens in Paragraph 717 of the United Methodist Book of Discipline.
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Fossil Free Advent
Shepherd of Israel, listen! You, who lead us to green, lush pastures, Show us again who we are, As children of Susanna, John and Charles Wesley, Believers! Seekers of salvation! Restore us, God! Make your face shine so that we can be saved! This is my Advent prayer, drawn from Psalm 80. There is much…
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Why Invest in Fossil Free UMC?
“Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matthew 6:21). These words of Jesus admonish us to value our spiritual treasures over our worldly treasures, while reminding us that how we use our worldly treasures reveals what we value. Jesus’ words invite us to let our hearts inform us as we make practical…
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Why Working with Fossil Fuel Companies Will Not Work
There is a very simple reason why working with fossil fuel companies for climate justice will not work, and it is this… wait for it… they are fossil fuel companies. They exist to make money from selling fossil fuels. Their profits are dependent on our continuing to use a multi-trillion dollar fossil fuel infrastructure that…
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