H. Paul Santmire

The Commodification of Advent With due respect for the richness of the whole Church Year, I am among those who habitually think that Advent is the best...

The latest on my Walking Thoughts blog: The Commodification of Advent hpaulsantmire.net/the-commodif...

Terrific video celebrating a wonderful theologian! Currently reading _The Earth and the Fullness Thereof_ so this was just a delight.

thank you so much for sharing this and for your kind words!

YouTube video by H. Paul Santmire Paul Santmire's Theological Legacy

The events at @aarweb.bsky.social's annual meeting have been outstanding. I was honored —beyond words— to attend a round table discussion on my life's work. This 4.5 minute video was shared there, created by my daughter, @serenebabe.bsky.social: youtu.be/9NeWpB28aCM #AARSBL25 #AARSBL

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@katehw.bsky.social Thank you so much for sharing my post about the video! It has been such a special time.

United in Faith - A Call to Action - message from Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee This is "United in Faith - A Call to Action - message from Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee" by NW-WA-Synod on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the…

Our local ELCA bishop gave a sermon on Christian nationalism and did not hold back: vimeo.com/1132643475

YouTube video by H. Paul Santmire Paul Santmire's Theological Legacy

The events at @aarweb.bsky.social's annual meeting have been outstanding. I was honored —beyond words— to attend a round table discussion on my life's work. This 4.5 minute video was shared there, created by my daughter, @serenebabe.bsky.social: youtu.be/9NeWpB28aCM #AARSBL25 #AARSBL

We are running a virtual silent auction in conjunction with the 2025 Annual Meeting! Get your bids in before November 25, 2025, at 2 PM. You have the opportunity to win a trip to the Caribbean for a fraction of the price! All proceeds benefit AAR and our mission. aarweb.org/news/support...

The End of Our Lawns? I grew up in an exurban setting, where as a boy I had to learn how to mow lawns. In those days, we pushed hand mowers. Nobody thought much about it. The grass was just there to mow. Such praxis is sti...

New post on my Walking Thoughts blog "The End of our Lawns?"

"...I credit lawn mowing with helping me to get through my seminary years..."

Read it here: hpaulsantmire.net/the-end-of-o...

The ELCA's call to "Care for Creation" - Living Lutheran The ELCA’s social statement "Caring for Creation" can motivate and equip us to think and talk together about climate change.

Thank you to @kevinjamesobrien.bsky.social for this excellent piece in Living Lutheran. "'Caring for Creation' also insists that climate change and other environmental problems are about justice..." Read it here: www.livinglutheran.org/2025/03/the-... @lutheransrc.bsky.social

We’re counting down the days—just one month until #AARSBL in Boston! Are you preparing a book proposal or exploring publishing opportunities? We’d love to connect, learn about your work, and discuss how we can partner in advancing scholarship.

🔗 www.fortresspress.com/aar-sbl/

Lutherans (who are) Restoring Creation Gather: Calling all ELCA creation care leaders who want be in community, revitalize their organizing and take creation JOY back to their home network!

What do you want to see Multiply? Lutherans (who are) Restoring Creation Gather: Jan 23-25th, 2026 Lutheridge Camp in Arden, North Carolina
#ELCA #LutheransRestoringCreation #CreationCare #EcoJustice @elcalutherans.bsky.social
lutheransrestoringcreation.org/2026-lrc-gat...

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Want to learn how to help tackle the climate crisis and contribute to a sustainable, just world via impactful climate solutions (which begin by using your voice to call for change)? This 4-week course by @universityofleeds.bsky.social is free! Sign up now ⬇️

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Wonderful!

Lutherans Restoring Creation Lutherans Restoring Creation is a grassroots movement promoting care for creation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

So frustrating! You might find helpful resources at lutheransrestoringcreation.org?

Refugia Newsletter | Debra Rienstra | Substack A fortnightly newsletter for people of faith who care about the climate crisis and want to go deeper. Click to read Refugia Newsletter, by Debra Rienstra, a Substack publication with thousands of subs...

Refugia Newsletter AND Refugia Podcast! My latest newsletter has exclusive video of PUFFINS! And the podcast so far in Season 4 features terrific guests: Heber Brown III, Douglas Day Kaufman, David Celesky, and Judy Hinck. More to come!
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Encountering Nature And God – As Triune? I have lately been driven spiritually to celebrate nature and God as triune, once again. I sometimes think of this as a higher synthesis of the worldviews of Henry David Thoreau and Karl Barth, two vi...

New post on my Walking Thoughts blog, "Encountering Nature And God – As Triune?" hpaulsantmire.net/encountering... Great thanks to artist Eric Aho ericaho.com

American Lutherans Engage Ecological Theology American Lutherans Engage Ecological Theology: The First Chapter, 1962-2012, And Its Legacy1 by Paul Santmire Ecological theology is a relatively new movement in the world of christian thought and pra...

Thank you for all you do! I remember my father (I'm Paul's daughter, he specifically asked me to share the essay!) was involved in Earth Day early on. he went to Colorado one year... I remember it clearly, it was a big deal at home, probably 1980? lutheransrestoringcreation.org/american-lut...

How My Catholic Education Made Me A Climate Activist - Earth Day A Catholic upbringing, St. Francis’s legacy, and Pope Francis’s teachings shaped my climate activism — revealing care for creation as a core act of faith.

Compelling connection between faith and activism www.earthday.org/how-my-catho... @earthdayorg.bsky.social #EarthDay #Faith

BUILDING A MORAL ECONOMY A conversation with Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobedo 9/30 5PM PT/8PM ET bit.ly/moral-economy Photo of an older woman with shoulder length hair and glasses, smiling. The background around the text is dark purple. Logos from Creation Justice Ministries, Center for Climate Justice & Faith, Lutherans Restoring Creation, and Blessed Tomorrow are at the bottom.

September 30, "Building a Moral Economy" An online conversation with Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobedo 5pm PT/8pm ET bit.ly/moral-economy hosted in partnership with Creation Justice Ministries, the Center for Climate Justice and Faith, and Blessed Tomorrow

Skyscraper Crops Are Changing the World - Earth Day Vertical farming could be the future of agriculture that’s better for us and the Earth.

"...producing enough food to sustain the global population while preserving critically important ecosystems is increasingly difficult…in the last fifteen years, vertical farming has emerged as a promising alternative to [many] current farming practices..." www.earthday.org/skyscraper-c...

A Boring Follower of Jesus on SunDay? A spell of ecojustice excitement is already rising in my heart. SunDay, September 21, is going to be a great day for the good olde U.S. of A!

Celebrating SunDay with @thirdactfaith.bsky.social, a new post on my Walking Thoughts blog: hpaulsantmire.net/a-boring-fol... @elcalutherans.bsky.social @lutheransrc.bsky.social

One Rule for Preaching? When I first started preaching, two of my congregants were internationally known New Testament scholars, Krister Stendahl and Helmut Koester. It scared the exegesis out of me. But they knew how egregi...

New post on my Walking Thoughts blog: "When I first started preaching, two of my congregants were internationally known New Testament scholars, Krister Stendahl and Helmut Koester. It scared the exegesis out of me..." hpaulsantmire.net/one-rule-for...

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Season of Creation: Focusing Worship on God as Creator The Season of Creation is typically celebrated from the beginning of September until St. Francis of Assisi Day. We offer creation focused commentaries for every week and lectionary cycle, but what abo...

🍃We're one week away!
The Season of Creation runs from Sept 1-Oct 4; how your church is recognizing this special time. Share your photos and stories with us!

Find ideas here: bit.ly/CreationSeason #SeasonOfCreation

Opinion | The New American Inequality: The Cooled vs. the Cooked

In a word: heat kills. -hps
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o... #GiftArticle

I'm honored to share that on Nov 22 from 9-11am at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion there will be a roundtable session entitled "The Eco-theological Legacy of H. Paul Santmire," hosted by the Martin Luther & Global Lutheran Traditions Unit @aarweb.bsky.social #AARSBL25

Pope prays for world to recognize urgency of climate crisis as he celebrates Mass' using new rite Pope Leo XIV is praying for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of the poor.”

Let the sun shine in: Kudos! "Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome...into a vast solar farm that the Holy See hopes will generate enough electricity to meet its needs...the world’s first carbon-neutral state." apnews.com/article/pope...

Including a call for papers, if you or someone you know might be interested (see #1): papers.aarweb.org/group/14944 #AARSBL25