Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” shows new ways of imagining God.
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Tag Archives: climate change
Butler’s Theology in Parable of the Sower
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Cut the Heat, Plow Through It
Hilda Doolittle captures heat such as we are currently experiencing it.
The World Will End in Fire AND Ice
With extreme climate, the world in likely to end (to cite Robert Frost) in fire AND ice.
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Add the Climate to a Week of Disasters
Mary Oliver’s poem on climate change mixes wonder and sadness.
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Manchin Delivers a Lump of Coal
Two Scott Bates environmental Christmas poems are helping me cope with depression over the failure of the Build Back Better bill.
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The Tornadoes and America’s Fairy Tale
The Kentucky tornadoes bring to mind the cyclone in “Wizard of Oz.”
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Hurricane Ida and Murakami’s 1Q84
Comparing Hurricane Id’s damage with a supernatural rainstorm in Murakami’s “1Q84” leads to interesting climate observations.
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Aslan as Eco Warrior
Lewis’s Aslan is a bold creative stroke that opens up environmental possibilities for Christianity.
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