Let Justice Roll Down
Let Justice Roll Down: God’s Call to Care for Neighbors and All Creation
by Patricia K. Tull
Suggestions for Leaders by Rebecca Barnes
Patricia K. Tull, author of the 2024–2025 PW/Horizons Bible study LetJustice Roll Down: God’s Call to Care for Neighbors and All Creation,
describes her call for creation justice in this way: “When I first learned of the climate crisis, I wondered how a biblical scholar with few practical skills could help and found my purpose in learning about ecology and teaching people of faith what I could. Such is not everyone’s skillset or desire, but each of us has something to do with all our hearts.”
Readers will learn about ecological systems, the challenges we face in this time of accelerated climate change, and the possibilities available to address or counter the impact of human-made stress on our environment. Further, readers will explore theological questions that point us to act and engage, in small and large ways.
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Lesson Resources
Lesson One: Environmental Justice
God’s World Is Changing: New Hymns for Christmas and Advent, by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
Into the Light: Finding Hope Through Prayers of Lament.\, by P. Lynn Miller
Lesson Two: Land Justice
Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science, by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D.
Indigenous Peoples and the Collaborative Stewardship of Nature, by Jeffrey Snodgrass, Henry Delcore, Anne Ross, Kathleen Pickering Sherman, Richard Sherman
Finding the Mother Tree: Finding the Wisdom of the Forest, by Suzanne Simard
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate, by Peter Wholleben
Speak with the Earth and it will Teach You: A Field Guide to the Bible, by Daniel Copperrider
Sacred Sense: Discovering the Wonder of God’s Word and World, by William Brown
The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science and the Ecology of Wonder, by William Brown
For the Beauty of the Earth: A Lenten Devotional, by Leah Schade
Environmental Heritage, by Dianne Glave
Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love, by Elizabeth Johnson
50 Ways to Help Save the Earth: How You and Your Church Can Help Make a Difference, by Rebecca Barnes
The Mountains of St. Francis: Discovering the Geological Events that Shaped Our Earth, by Walter Alvarez
The Green Bible
Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation, by Sam Hamilton-Poore
American Wilderness: A New History, by Michael Lewis
Braiding Sweetgrass, by Rachel Wall Kimmerer
Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage, by Dianne Glave
Reforesting Faith: What Trees Teach Us About the Nature of God ad His Love for Us, by Matthew Sleeth
Rewiring America
State offices of Interfaith Power & Light
NAACP – Environmental& Climate Justice
Earth Justice
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)
Minimum Viable Planet, by Sarah Lazarovic
Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial, by Corban Addison
AirNow website – What You Can Do to Help Keep the Air Cleaner
For the Beauty of the Earth, by Steven Bouma-Prediger
The Essential Mack Prichard: Writings of a Conservation Hero, by Mary Patten Priestly
Study Leader Bios
Courtenay’s passion for environmental issues is the third leg of a stool that also includes family and God. She moderated her church’s Environmental Justice Committee, founded a local interfaith green group, and partners with PA IPL to share resources with regional faith institutions. A recent seminary graduate with a certificate in environmental theology, she currently serves Tree of Life Church in Springfield, PA, as a transitional pastor. And, for her, there is nothing like a sunrise walk on the beach!
Lucy sees God as artist and composer. The trees are theme and variation, the ocean is a symphony, and the platypus is fusion jazz. Years ago, she served a congregation that was surrounded by a national forest. It was easy to see the beauty of Creation, but hard to see the effects of pollution and climate change from there. She is a parish associate at Shandon Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC, and a graduate of Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA.