Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Two events are planned in Nebraska to help us connect the
dots between climate change and extreme weather on May 5, Climate Impacts Day. In Lincoln there will be an event featuring fun for families called Connect the Dots: Give our Children a Future from 1:30 to 3:30 near the Hyde Observatory in Holmes Lake Park. There will
also be a Connect the Dots event at the Farmers Market in Omaha. The group will gather at 11th and
Howard in Old Market at 9:00 am.
We can follow events and see how the dots between climate
change and extreme weather connect all around the world through the ClimateImpacts Day / Connect the Dots website .
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| Photo courtesy of NSSL |
It’s important to connect the dots between extreme weather
and climate change so that we can develop the desire to do something to address
climate change that is happening now and that is expected to increase as this
century progresses. It’s also important for people of faith to connect the dots
between climate change and our Christian traditions of stewardship of creation,
care for the poor and the sick, and an understanding of how the beauty of God’s
creation feeds us spiritually.
The opportunity to see how people around the world are connecting
the dots between climate change and impacts on their own lives gives us an
opening to reflect on what we in the church need to be doing now as the Body of
Christ in the world. How do we live out the promises from our baptismal
covenant to love our neighbors as ourselves and to strive for justice and peace
among all people when preventable climate change is increasingly impacting the
lives of our brothers and sisters around the world?
