The Gospel in Transition by David R. Weiss is a year of reflections on facing climate change, finding hope, and the alchemy of Christian community. Written over fifty-two weeks beginning in Advent (December) 2018, my weekly essays consider climate change, Transition, and faith—using biblical images, liturgical seasons, science, and theology, as conversation partners. Writing in a voice a bit too restless to call “devotional,” I aim to be insightfully evocative and usefully provocative.
Although this series is now complete, I’ll continue to write at the intersection of Christian theology and faith and the unfolding climate crisis. To keep up with my writing on this and other topics, please subscribe (go to the top right sidebar!) Contact me at: drw59mn(at)gmail.com
You can download pdfs for each half-quarter here (12-14 pages each), or scroll through the contents below.
Quarter 1: GIT #1-6; GIT #7-13
Quarter 2: GIT #14-19; GIT #20-26
Quarter 3: GIT #27-33; GIT #33-39
Quarter 4: GIT #40-45; GIT #46-52
OR: the complete set, GIT #1-52 (104 pages).
CONTENTS
- The Gospel in Transition – December 3, 2018
- Advent, Anticipation … and Climate Change – December 11, 2018
- Advent as Ending: Apocalypse as Good News – December 16, 2018
- Christmas: The Most Important Four Ounces in the Manger – December 26, 2018
- Christmas and the Holy Innocents: On Shouting “Fire” in Church – January 2, 2019
- After Epiphany: Home by Another Route – January 9, 2019
- After Epiphany: Baptismal Waters as Boundary Waters – January 14, 2019
- MLK Holiday: A Deeper Shade of Green – January 20, 2019
- Epiphany: Bitter Cold while the House is on Fire – February 5, 2019
- Epiphany: Ice Out on the Himalayas – February 5, 2019
- Epiphany: Extinguishing the Alphabet … of Bens and Bugs – February 15, 2019
- Not Even Kansas … – February 21, 2019
- Redeemed for Resilience – March 2, 2019
- Resilience: as Imagination – March 15, 2019
- Resilience: as Deep Agency – March 17, 2019
- Resilience: and Earthbound Skills – March 24, 2019
- Resilience: Without Waiting for Permission – March 28, 2019
- Resilience: and Jesus’ Third Way – March 31, 2019
- Resilience: Bending the Arc – April 4, 2019
- Palm Sunday Politics and Planet Earth – April 11, 2019
- Maundy Thursday: Meeting the End with Love – April 16, 2019
- Easter: Resurrection AS Extinction Rebellion – April 22, 2019
- Doubting Thomas … Climate Change and Touching Hope – May 3, 2019
- When the Gospel Comes as Grief – May 14, 2019
- Threatened with Resurrection – May 16, 2019
- Permaculture: Becoming Friends with God – May 25, 2019
- Permaculture: Breathing Earth … Finding Home – May 27, 2019
- Permaculture ABCs: Apples, Boundaries, and C(K)ings – June 2, 2019
- Permaculture and Dominion: A Creation Account from a Cliff – June 10, 2019
- Permaculture and Imago Dei: An Ecological Divinity – June 18, 2019
- Permaculture and Pride: Queer Gifts in a Time of Climate ChangeD – June 23, 2019
- Permaculture and Dominion: An Unlikely Love Story – July 9, 2019
- Mucking Along in the Great Marsh—Air Thick with Hope – July 13, 2019
- On Being Frederick – July 19, 2019
- Bumbling Toward an Earth Ethic here at Home – July 31, 2019
- What’s on Your Plate? – August 12, 2019
- Okay, It’s NOT About the Beef – August 14, 2019
- Moral Restlessness and the God Who is … Not Yet – August 24, 2019
- Making Love as the World Ends: on Joy During an Apocalypse – August 29, 2019
- Inner Transition: Where the Given Meets the Gospel – September 7, 2019
- Global Youth Climate Strike: Not Nearly Enough—and Yet – September 23, 2019
- Chasing the Wind: A Moment for Immodest Hope – September 28, 2019
- The Nobel Conference: An Exercise in Public Science – October 9, 2019
- Rooftop Solar: The Nuts and Bolts of Choosing Sunshine – October 18, 2019
- Choosing Sunshine: The Heart of the Matter – October 21, 2019
- Climate Crisis as Kairos Moment – November 2, 2019
- From Kairos to the Transition Town Movement – November 7, 2019
- Kairos and the Core Convictions of Transition – November 19, 2019
- Reckoning Where We Are: Entangled – November 22, 2019
- Sin: Ripping the Fabric of Creation – November 26, 2019
- Speaking of Sin – November 30, 2019
- Speaking of Christ … as King … or Not – December 2, 2019