In May 2022 Web of Creation was given a fresh look by way of this WordPress site. Content from the orginal www.webofcreation.org is still being vetted for it's evergreen value and collated here. New creation care resources and website links are being added to this site on regular basis. Recommendations are welcomed!

A site dedicated to exploring how scripture informs sustainability.

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Worshiping God with creation: Care for creation worship resources.

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In the liturgy, we follow the lead of the psalm writers and celebrate with creation — with the forests, the rivers and the fields, which praise the Creator in their own way.

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Lutherans Restoring Creation has arisen out of a long Lutheran tradition of reflection and action on addressing environmental concerns from the perspective of our faith and theology.

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A Rocha is a global family of conservation organizations working together to live out God’s calling to care for creation and equip others to do likewise.

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FEATURED RESOURCES

Each tile below points to a particular resource that's among the most called for in the Web of Creation. The "Featured Resources" tiles put the best of this site's content at you fingertips. As new or better creation care resources are added, so too will this tile set change and grow.

V.I.P. - Very Important Posts!

Some new, some classic, but all intended to be mutually transformational - perhaps you are being called to make a contribution to Web of Creation too!

June 5, 2022

The Rhoads’ Gallery

"Fall in love with creation. Find ways for you and your congregation to discover anew the love of God for all creation. God has created all things for their own sake, not for what they can do for humans. God is in all things “working for good.” We can be restored not only by our relationship with nature, but also by our relationship with God in nature. By loving nature and by caring for it and about it, we align ourselves with God’s deep and abiding love for all things. Because we encounter in nature a God of love who cares for the most vulnerable, we will be empowered to do the same." ~Dr. David Rhoads

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OUR TEAM

The Web of Creation has always been an aggregation of freely downloadable resources for faith-based creation care. Volunteers have long been inspired by the vision of Dr. David Rhoads who remains at the heart of this website.

Dr. David Rhoads

Founder

David M. Rhoads is professor of New Testament, Emeritus, at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. An enthusiastic environmentalist, Rhoads was advisor to the seminary's Green Zone Committee planned eco-conferences, edited guidebooks for parishes, and helped initiate the Web of Creation, this online environmental service for congregations. He also directed the Green Congregation Program, which worked primarily with clusters of congregations in some Midwest synods of the ELCA. Rhoads wrote The Green Congregation Training Manual and, with David Glover, A Guide for Churches, Their Buildings and Grounds. Both manuals are available for download on this website.

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Faith-based Eco-activist

Social transformation will require personal transformation, and personal transformation is always as religious task. Many people are now ready to challenge the current conventional wisdom. They want to make sense of their own lives and their world, and they want to discover that in company with other knowledgeable people of goodwill. This effort is creating a new public theology, which will protect the Earth and each other, by creating a moral politics and a moral economy. Our future depends on how creative we can be together, and how quickly we can learn.

David Schoenknecht

Site Manager

Pastor, professor, resource developer, marketer, and online community manager, David Schoenknecht has been blessed to have many callings in life. But the call to support the Web of Creation's continued legacy of support for creation care has been an honor. David's biophilic volunteerism includes efforts as a Kane County Certified Naturalist and Forest Preserve Steward.

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