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Lamenting & Doing Good: Lessons from Jeremiah for Confronting Ecological Crisis

September 13, 2022

This sermon was offered by CCA director, Sarah Ogletree, on Sunday, September 11th, at St. Mary in the Hills Episcopal Church in Blowing Rock. The lectionary passage for the day…

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Our Love Led Us Here: A Reflection of the NCUC Carbon Plan Hearing

August 8, 2022

This post was written by CCA Director Sarah Ogletree. She is pictured here (right) beside CCA summer intern Liz Richardson (left). The posters being held by Sarah and Liz were…

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Listening Ears & Enough For All

May 10, 2022

This sermon preached at First Congregational Church of Hendersonville on May 8th, 2022, was adapted from a sermon preached in October 2021. The text referenced is Psalm 104: 1-9 from…

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The Climate Crisis Needs Your Joy (and Grief)

March 13, 2022

We really did have everything, didn’t we?” These words, spoken by Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in the now four-time Oscar-nominated Netflix film ‘Don’t Look Up,’ hit me like a train and…

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Holiday Reflection: Finding the Divine Amidst the Quiet

December 10, 2021

December is here. As a practicing Christian, this season is special because of Advent and the upcoming Christmas holiday. Advent, the beginning of the Christian liturgical year, is when we…

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Thin Places: Waterrock Knob

October 24, 2021

This reflection was written by CCA Director Sarah Ogletree on Oct. 24th 2021 for the national Presbyterians for Earth Day newsletter.  In my work, I often speak to congregations about…

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