H. Paul Santmire
@hpaulsantmire.bsky.social
ecotheologian, scholar, pastoral activist
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Silent Night: Annual Christmas Letter
The Rev. Dr. H. Paul Santmire is a historian and pastoral scholar in the disciplines of ecological theology, environmental ethics, and Christian liturgy and spirituality.
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My annual Christmas letter: hpaulsantmire.net/silent-night... "May the God of Advent so arrive in your life this Christmas season that you might hear anew the wailing of the Christ child in the midst of your own Silent Night and claim that child’s promise again, if not for the first time."
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Happy Solstice! These dark days are holy, giving us time to rest, recover and dream.
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Happy Solstice! These dark days are holy, giving us time to rest, recover and dream.
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Now that I've signed a contract, here's a post about my forthcoming book ("The Head and Not the Tail: The Political Theology of the New Apostolic Reformation"), including some brief chapter descriptions: open.substack.com/pub/stephenw...
December 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Now that I've signed a contract, here's a post about my forthcoming book ("The Head and Not the Tail: The Political Theology of the New Apostolic Reformation"), including some brief chapter descriptions: open.substack.com/pub/stephenw...
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"We can draw a direct line from Job to Jesus Christ in a way that may help us navigate suffering during this Advent season."
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Job: An Unlikely Advent Companion
We can draw a direct line from Job to Jesus in a way that may help us navigate suffering during this Advent.
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December 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"We can draw a direct line from Job to Jesus Christ in a way that may help us navigate suffering during this Advent season."
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My annual Christmas letter: hpaulsantmire.net/silent-night... "May the God of Advent so arrive in your life this Christmas season that you might hear anew the wailing of the Christ child in the midst of your own Silent Night and claim that child’s promise again, if not for the first time."
Silent Night: Annual Christmas Letter
The Rev. Dr. H. Paul Santmire is a historian and pastoral scholar in the disciplines of ecological theology, environmental ethics, and Christian liturgy and spirituality.
hpaulsantmire.net
December 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My annual Christmas letter: hpaulsantmire.net/silent-night... "May the God of Advent so arrive in your life this Christmas season that you might hear anew the wailing of the Christ child in the midst of your own Silent Night and claim that child’s promise again, if not for the first time."
The latest on my Walking Thoughts blog: The Commodification of Advent hpaulsantmire.net/the-commodif...
The Commodification of Advent
With due respect for the richness of the whole Church Year, I am among those who habitually think that Advent is the best...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The latest on my Walking Thoughts blog: The Commodification of Advent hpaulsantmire.net/the-commodif...
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Terrific video celebrating a wonderful theologian! Currently reading _The Earth and the Fullness Thereof_ so this was just a delight.
The events at @aarweb.bsky.social's annual meeting have been outstanding. I was honored —beyond words— to attend a round table discussion on my life's work. This 4.5 minute video was shared there, created by my daughter, @serenebabe.bsky.social: youtu.be/9NeWpB28aCM #AARSBL25 #AARSBL
Paul Santmire's Theological Legacy
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November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Terrific video celebrating a wonderful theologian! Currently reading _The Earth and the Fullness Thereof_ so this was just a delight.
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The events at @aarweb.bsky.social's annual meeting have been outstanding. I was honored —beyond words— to attend a round table discussion on my life's work. This 4.5 minute video was shared there, created by my daughter, @serenebabe.bsky.social: youtu.be/9NeWpB28aCM #AARSBL25 #AARSBL
Paul Santmire's Theological Legacy
YouTube video by H. Paul Santmire
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November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The events at @aarweb.bsky.social's annual meeting have been outstanding. I was honored —beyond words— to attend a round table discussion on my life's work. This 4.5 minute video was shared there, created by my daughter, @serenebabe.bsky.social: youtu.be/9NeWpB28aCM #AARSBL25 #AARSBL
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@katehw.bsky.social Thank you so much for sharing my post about the video! It has been such a special time.
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@katehw.bsky.social Thank you so much for sharing my post about the video! It has been such a special time.
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Our local ELCA bishop gave a sermon on Christian nationalism and did not hold back: vimeo.com/1132643475
United in Faith - A Call to Action - message from Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee
This is "United in Faith - A Call to Action - message from Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee" by NW-WA-Synod on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Our local ELCA bishop gave a sermon on Christian nationalism and did not hold back: vimeo.com/1132643475
The events at @aarweb.bsky.social's annual meeting have been outstanding. I was honored —beyond words— to attend a round table discussion on my life's work. This 4.5 minute video was shared there, created by my daughter, @serenebabe.bsky.social: youtu.be/9NeWpB28aCM #AARSBL25 #AARSBL
Paul Santmire's Theological Legacy
YouTube video by H. Paul Santmire
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November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The events at @aarweb.bsky.social's annual meeting have been outstanding. I was honored —beyond words— to attend a round table discussion on my life's work. This 4.5 minute video was shared there, created by my daughter, @serenebabe.bsky.social: youtu.be/9NeWpB28aCM #AARSBL25 #AARSBL
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We are running a virtual silent auction in conjunction with the 2025 Annual Meeting! Get your bids in before November 25, 2025, at 2 PM. You have the opportunity to win a trip to the Caribbean for a fraction of the price! All proceeds benefit AAR and our mission. aarweb.org/news/support...
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We are running a virtual silent auction in conjunction with the 2025 Annual Meeting! Get your bids in before November 25, 2025, at 2 PM. You have the opportunity to win a trip to the Caribbean for a fraction of the price! All proceeds benefit AAR and our mission. aarweb.org/news/support...
New post on my Walking Thoughts blog "The End of our Lawns?"
"...I credit lawn mowing with helping me to get through my seminary years..."
Read it here: hpaulsantmire.net/the-end-of-o...
"...I credit lawn mowing with helping me to get through my seminary years..."
Read it here: hpaulsantmire.net/the-end-of-o...
The End of Our Lawns?
I grew up in an exurban setting, where as a boy I had to learn how to mow lawns. In those days, we pushed hand mowers. Nobody thought much about it. The grass was just there to mow. Such praxis is sti...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New post on my Walking Thoughts blog "The End of our Lawns?"
"...I credit lawn mowing with helping me to get through my seminary years..."
Read it here: hpaulsantmire.net/the-end-of-o...
"...I credit lawn mowing with helping me to get through my seminary years..."
Read it here: hpaulsantmire.net/the-end-of-o...
Thank you to @kevinjamesobrien.bsky.social for this excellent piece in Living Lutheran. "'Caring for Creation' also insists that climate change and other environmental problems are about justice..." Read it here: www.livinglutheran.org/2025/03/the-... @lutheransrc.bsky.social
The ELCA's call to "Care for Creation" - Living Lutheran
The ELCA’s social statement "Caring for Creation" can motivate and equip us to think and talk together about climate change.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thank you to @kevinjamesobrien.bsky.social for this excellent piece in Living Lutheran. "'Caring for Creation' also insists that climate change and other environmental problems are about justice..." Read it here: www.livinglutheran.org/2025/03/the-... @lutheransrc.bsky.social
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We’re counting down the days—just one month until #AARSBL in Boston! Are you preparing a book proposal or exploring publishing opportunities? We’d love to connect, learn about your work, and discuss how we can partner in advancing scholarship.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We’re counting down the days—just one month until #AARSBL in Boston! Are you preparing a book proposal or exploring publishing opportunities? We’d love to connect, learn about your work, and discuss how we can partner in advancing scholarship.
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What do you want to see Multiply? Lutherans (who are) Restoring Creation Gather: Jan 23-25th, 2026 Lutheridge Camp in Arden, North Carolina
#ELCA #LutheransRestoringCreation #CreationCare #EcoJustice @elcalutherans.bsky.social
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#ELCA #LutheransRestoringCreation #CreationCare #EcoJustice @elcalutherans.bsky.social
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Lutherans (who are) Restoring Creation Gather:
Calling all ELCA creation care leaders who want be in community, revitalize their organizing and take creation JOY back to their home network!
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October 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
What do you want to see Multiply? Lutherans (who are) Restoring Creation Gather: Jan 23-25th, 2026 Lutheridge Camp in Arden, North Carolina
#ELCA #LutheransRestoringCreation #CreationCare #EcoJustice @elcalutherans.bsky.social
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#ELCA #LutheransRestoringCreation #CreationCare #EcoJustice @elcalutherans.bsky.social
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Want to learn how to help tackle the climate crisis and contribute to a sustainable, just world via impactful climate solutions (which begin by using your voice to call for change)? This 4-week course by @universityofleeds.bsky.social is free! Sign up now ⬇️
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May 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Want to learn how to help tackle the climate crisis and contribute to a sustainable, just world via impactful climate solutions (which begin by using your voice to call for change)? This 4-week course by @universityofleeds.bsky.social is free! Sign up now ⬇️
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Refugia Newsletter AND Refugia Podcast! My latest newsletter has exclusive video of PUFFINS! And the podcast so far in Season 4 features terrific guests: Heber Brown III, Douglas Day Kaufman, David Celesky, and Judy Hinck. More to come!
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Refugia Newsletter | Debra Rienstra | Substack
A fortnightly newsletter for people of faith who care about the climate crisis and want to go deeper. Click to read Refugia Newsletter, by Debra Rienstra, a Substack publication with thousands of subs...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Refugia Newsletter AND Refugia Podcast! My latest newsletter has exclusive video of PUFFINS! And the podcast so far in Season 4 features terrific guests: Heber Brown III, Douglas Day Kaufman, David Celesky, and Judy Hinck. More to come!
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New post on my Walking Thoughts blog, "Encountering Nature And God – As Triune?" hpaulsantmire.net/encountering... Great thanks to artist Eric Aho ericaho.com
Encountering Nature And God – As Triune?
I have lately been driven spiritually to celebrate nature and God as triune, once again. I sometimes think of this as a higher synthesis of the worldviews of Henry David Thoreau and Karl Barth, two vi...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New post on my Walking Thoughts blog, "Encountering Nature And God – As Triune?" hpaulsantmire.net/encountering... Great thanks to artist Eric Aho ericaho.com
Compelling connection between faith and activism www.earthday.org/how-my-catho... @earthdayorg.bsky.social #EarthDay #Faith
How My Catholic Education Made Me A Climate Activist - Earth Day
A Catholic upbringing, St. Francis’s legacy, and Pope Francis’s teachings shaped my climate activism — revealing care for creation as a core act of faith.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Compelling connection between faith and activism www.earthday.org/how-my-catho... @earthdayorg.bsky.social #EarthDay #Faith
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September 30, "Building a Moral Economy" An online conversation with Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobedo 5pm PT/8pm ET bit.ly/moral-economy hosted in partnership with Creation Justice Ministries, the Center for Climate Justice and Faith, and Blessed Tomorrow
September 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
September 30, "Building a Moral Economy" An online conversation with Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobedo 5pm PT/8pm ET bit.ly/moral-economy hosted in partnership with Creation Justice Ministries, the Center for Climate Justice and Faith, and Blessed Tomorrow
"...producing enough food to sustain the global population while preserving critically important ecosystems is increasingly difficult…in the last fifteen years, vertical farming has emerged as a promising alternative to [many] current farming practices..." www.earthday.org/skyscraper-c...
Skyscraper Crops Are Changing the World - Earth Day
Vertical farming could be the future of agriculture that’s better for us and the Earth.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"...producing enough food to sustain the global population while preserving critically important ecosystems is increasingly difficult…in the last fifteen years, vertical farming has emerged as a promising alternative to [many] current farming practices..." www.earthday.org/skyscraper-c...
Celebrating SunDay with @thirdactfaith.bsky.social, a new post on my Walking Thoughts blog: hpaulsantmire.net/a-boring-fol... @elcalutherans.bsky.social @lutheransrc.bsky.social
A Boring Follower of Jesus on SunDay?
A spell of ecojustice excitement is already rising in my heart. SunDay, September 21, is going to be a great day for the good olde U.S. of A!
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September 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Celebrating SunDay with @thirdactfaith.bsky.social, a new post on my Walking Thoughts blog: hpaulsantmire.net/a-boring-fol... @elcalutherans.bsky.social @lutheransrc.bsky.social
New post on my Walking Thoughts blog: "When I first started preaching, two of my congregants were internationally known New Testament scholars, Krister Stendahl and Helmut Koester. It scared the exegesis out of me..." hpaulsantmire.net/one-rule-for...
One Rule for Preaching?
When I first started preaching, two of my congregants were internationally known New Testament scholars, Krister Stendahl and Helmut Koester. It scared the exegesis out of me. But they knew how egregi...
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August 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New post on my Walking Thoughts blog: "When I first started preaching, two of my congregants were internationally known New Testament scholars, Krister Stendahl and Helmut Koester. It scared the exegesis out of me..." hpaulsantmire.net/one-rule-for...