"...But Jesus’s first sermon was all about liberating the oppressed and the poor, freeing the captives and the prisoners. It was all in Moses’ language. 

Also, in the Hebrew Torah, there are lots of ecological legislations. The idea that the Bible holds nothing ecological is nonsense. In fact, the Hebrew word adam in the Book of Genesis is not a person’s name. It means the earth-creature, who comes from the adamah, which in Hebrew means the Earth – almost like the earth mother brings forth the earth creature. Despite what some Western Christians may think, it is an ecological story. And the whole story happens in a garden."
 

As Scholar-in-Residence for The Thomas Berry Forum for Ecumenical Dialogue at Iona College in New Rochelle NY, SSGN Board-of-Directors member Joe Holland will be giving three evening webinars that will expand on Thomas Berry’s 1999 book, THE GREAT WORK.
 

In those webinars, Joe will explore the Pacem in Terris Ecological Initiative’s call for a future “Global Ecological Renaissance.” The three webinars are scheduled for March 2, March 23, and April 20, all at 7 pm. Details on how to register for the webinars will be available soon.
 

The three webinars are a follow-up the Berry Forum’s awarding to Joe on November 9, 2020 its first annual “Great Work Award.”

For information on the Berry Forum and that event, please see:  https://www.iona.edu/academics/schools-institutes/kathleen-deignan-cnd-institute-earth-and-spirit/thomas-berry-forum-1