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Christmas Day at St. Cuthbert
Greyfriars Kirk , Edinburgh, 2025* Written by C3 Guest, H. Stephen Shoemaker We huddled from the cold morning in expectant quiet, the organ breaking the silence playing “ In dulci jubilo”, “ Good Christian friends rejoice with heart and mind and voice!”, variations on the ancient tune from minor to major keys, as the light breaking forth from the darkness and sadness of the world into joy. At the central altar a Menorah stands, eight candles lighted, next to the Christ Candle
Don Gordon
Dec 31, 20252 min read
Top Ten Environmental Events of 2025
Pope Francis (1936-2025) Top Ten Environmental Events of 2025 By Don Gordon — Christians Caring for Creation Once again, I want to name my top 10 environmental events for the year. These are events or decisions that I believe will have significant impact on the environment for our future. Feel free to leave comments or offer you own list of what you believe these events were in 2025. At the end of the blog, I listed an additional 5 events or decisions receiving honorable me
Don Gordon
Dec 30, 20255 min read
First C3 Certified Congregation
Greystone Baptist Church Becomes First Congregation to Earn C3 Certification for Creation Care Charlotte, NC — Christians Caring for Creation (C3) is pleased to announce that Greystone Baptist Church of Raleigh, North Carolina has fulfilled the requirements to become a C3 Certified Congregation . While many churches across the country have done wonderful work in caring for God’s creation, Greystone is the first congregation to request certification and complete the requirem
Don Gordon
Nov 7, 20252 min read
The River of Life in the Age of A.I.
I am grateful to Pope Leo XIV for his first encyclical which addresses the faith and moral issues of AI and its subsequent impact on the sharing of the world’s water resources. His encyclical is entitled Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. In this letter to the world, he is asking us to uphold the dignity of the human person in our development and decisions about AI. He is declaring this is a moral issue as much as i
Why I Am a Conservative
I am a conservative because I believe in conserving sacred spaces. One of those places is Yellowstone National Park, a sacred place I visited this past week. While many of you were worshipping inside man-made sanctuaries, I was worshipping in the sacred temple created by God in the lower Montana and upper Wyoming region. There I watched a geyser spew near-boiling water 130 feet into the air at almost the exact minute the park geologists predicted. I drove my car close enough
Climate Change Acceleration
I started C3 six years ago after the birth of my first grandson because I was concerned about what scientists were saying regarding the trajectory of a warming planet and its threat to all creation. Scientists warned that unchecked fossil fuel emissions could destabilize human civilization by the end of this century. A strong scientific consensus emerged that if global temperatures rise 2°C above pre-industrial levels, cascading effects could follow—rising seas, extreme weath
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