God is not causing Climate Change. God is Climate Change. Realizing this may be the first step toward making the system-level changes which are needed to avoid ecological collapse.
Author: John Halstead
John Halstead is the author of *Another End of the World is Possible*, in which he explores what it would really mean for our relationship with the natural world if we were to admit that we are doomed. John is a native of the southern Laurentian bioregion and lives in Northwest Indiana, near Chicago. He is a co-founder of 350 Indiana-Calumet, which worked to organize resistance to the fossil fuel industry in the Region. John was the principal facilitator of “A Pagan Community Statement on the Environment.” He strives to live up to the challenge posed by the Statement through his writing and activism. John has written for numerous online platforms, including Patheos, Huffington Post, PrayWithYourFeet.org, and Gods & Radicals. He is Editor-at-Large of HumanisticPaganism.com. John also facilitates climate grief support groups climate grief support groups affiliated with the Good Grief Network.
Lauren’s Pilgrimage, Part 5: The Essentials
The essentials are to learn to shape God with forethought, care, and work; to educate and benefit their community, their families, and themselves; and to contribute to the fulfillment of the Destiny.
God is (Climate) Change
If God is Change, then God is climate change too.
Earthseed Ritual for Pagans, Part 3
This is the last part of the ritual where we used clay to experience the concept of Shaping God.
Earthseed Ritual for Pagans, Part 2
Earlier this month, I presented an Earthseed ritual at the Earth Traditions Oasis festival. The first part was the story of Lauren’s mental and physical journey toward the concept of God as Change. The second part was an adaptation of the Elements Ritual that has been posted here previously. And the last part was a ritual using clay to experience the second tenet of Earthseed: Shape God.
Earthseed 