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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) Editor's 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 we've been and where we're going. I joined EarthBeat five months ago, and it feels like home now — although I'm kind of glad that my physical home is in Lima, Peru, in the Southern Hemisphere, where we're now ha...

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. Today's reflection comes from Connor O'Leary 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 civil unrest our country faces. Essays, assignments and politics all dissipate as I hover my watering ...

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. Today's 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 my high school years, I've engaged more with ways to keep our environment clean. The first club I ...

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. Today's 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 today's age of throwaway culture where people discard perfectly good items to be replaced with something new and shiny. I am guilty of b...