In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus asks, “What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish? Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?” We might repurpose the question to ask, “What kind of planet will we hand to our children?

“As we just experienced the warmest year on record, the AME Church’s support of climate solutions adds to the growing demand among faith leaders and people of goodwill worldwide for climate policies that will protect us and the world on which we all depend.”

Both the extent and thickness of Arctic sea ice has declined rapidly over the past several decades.