Simple Advent News Today

As it usually does, it took the wisdom of a child to shake us from our nihilism.

A man participates in an interfaith vigil before the 2014 U.N. climate summit in Lima, Peru. (Barbara Fraser) Editors Note: EarthBeat Weekly is your weekly newsletter about faith and climate change. Below is the Jan. 1 edition. To receive EarthBeat Weekly in your inbox, sign up here. Happy 2021! As we begin a new year, this seems like a good time to look back at where weve been and where were going. I joined EarthBeat five months ago, and it feels like home now — although Im kin...

Day 24: Tuesday, Dec. 22   REFLECT As part of Simple Advent, Abundant Life, we invited young people to share how they strive to live simply on the earth as a sign of hope that restoration is possible. Todays reflection comes from Connor OLeary Herreras, a senior at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, California. Right now, my life is chaotic, but when I tend to the one-by-four-foot garden bed in my backyard, I am removed from the stress of college applications, my senior year and the civi...

Day 20: Friday, Dec. 18   REFLECT As part of Simple Advent, Abundant Life, we invited young people to share how they strive to live simply on the earth as a sign of hope that restoration is possible. Todays reflection comes from Denise Rodriguez, a senior at Cristo Rey St. Martin in Waukegan, Illinois. My name is Denise Rodriguez, I am a senior at Cristo Rey St. Martin in Waukegan, Illinois. I’m really passionate about keeping our world clean, meaning keeping my environment safe. Throughout...

Day 12: Thursday, Dec. 10   REFLECT As part of Simple Advent, Abundant Life, we invited young people to share how they strive to live simply on the earth as a sign of hope that restoration is possible. Todays reflection comes from Josie Schuman, a senior at John Carroll University, in Cleveland: "In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex." -Henry David Thoreau, Walden  Living simply is hard, especially in todays age of throwaway culture where...