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Article: Recruiting in pews to save planet; Citing Scripture, more worshipers join environmentalists.(USA)(Eco-Religion)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- December 23, 1999
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Last night, three evenings before his congregation celebrates the birth of Jesus, the Rev. Warren Murphy led parish-ioners outside for a walk beneath the glowing solstice moon.
Together, they admired the cosmos with a telescope, sipped hot chocolate, and when the time came for a festive holiday carol, they sang "O Tannenbaum" with the enthusiasm of tree huggers.
The wintry stroll is just the latest example of how Mr. Murphy, a popular Episcopalian priest here, is persuading his flock to think "green" by paying regular tribute to the beauty of God's creation.
It is also part of a growing global movement involving spiritual leaders from all ...