Earth Day

Listen: In this episode, hosts Father Daniel and David talk about anti-transgender bills introduced in state legislatures and the way the free exercise clause is being interpreted. Also, it's the 51st Earth Day celebration April 22.

Commentary: I count myself fortunate to have met Jane Goodall. We crossed paths a few years ago, when she came to Phillips Andover as part of a speaker series. I couldn't take my eyes off her. Nor could anyone else.

Three bishops over four days spoke out on the need for more than technology and policy to stunt rising global temperatures and slow destruction of ecosystems and species, saying there must be changes in lifestyles and even how living a good life is defined.

People across the world logged onto their computers to follow along with livestreams and join virtual meetings to take part in the annual Earth Day, dedicated to protecting our common planetary home.

Review: Denis Edwards draws on the insights of five contemporary theologians — Niels Gregersen, Elizabeth Johnson, Celia Deane Drummond, Christopher Southgate and Richard Bauckham — to propose a contemporary theory of deep incarnation in which the cross is the "sacrament of God's redemptive suffering with creatures."

Commentary: Thirty years ago, an impatient younger me thought it would take no more than 5 to 10 years to get people to "wake up." With the hindsight of these decades, I weep for the lost opportunities and the destruction already baked into the system.

Commentary: From the first Earth Day in 1970 to the new millennium, Catholic sisters have creatively focused their mission on the ecological justice issues they've encountered in their ministries to God's people.

Commentary: How can we celebrate Earth Day in the midst of all this? How can any of us carry on like normal? We don't have to. In fact, we shouldn't be trying to carry on like normal. Not now. Not later. Not ever.