{"id":84,"date":"2010-04-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/04\/earth-day.html"},"modified":"2010-04-22T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T07:00:00","slug":"earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/04\/earth-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith Groups View Earth Day 2010 Through Spiritual Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Earth Day, <\/a>as well as the NFL draft and Take Our Daughters And Sons to Work Day (or as it’s known in my home office, Thursday) — something for everyone!<\/p>\n

But to focus on Earth Day, which is now in its 40th year, the religion news continues to be that a range of denominations<\/a> — including an increasingly vocal number of evangelical Christians, prominent in last night’s huge Hope for Creation event <\/a>hosted by the Northland megachurch in Florida — agree that we need to take better care of our planet. <\/p>\n

Buddhists<\/strong>: Earth-Touching Articles <\/a>(Tricycle)<\/p>\n

Catholics<\/strong>:Celebrate Nature’s Greatest Gift: Life! <\/a>(CatholicVote.org)<\/p>\n

Episcopalians<\/strong>: Making the Argument for Earth Day in Spiritual Terms <\/a>(Episcopal Cafe)<\/p>\n

Evangelical Christians<\/strong>: Making Earth Day a Church Day <\/a>(Huffington Post)<\/p>\n

Hindus<\/strong>: A Billion Acts of Green for Earth Day<\/a> (The Hindu)<\/p>\n

Jews<\/strong>: Why Earth Day is a Jewish Holiday <\/a>(COEJL)<\/p>\n

Muslims<\/strong>: Earth Day and Islam <\/a>(Allvoices)<\/p>\n

Sikhs<\/strong>: April 22 is Earth Day: Be Involved<\/a>! (Sukhmandir’s Sikhism Blog)<\/p>\n

And many more. Share the links I’ve missed, and your thoughts, in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n

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