Author: Tera Landers

For years, I’ve wanted to drape a gigantic trans-inclusive rainbow flag over my church, Throop Unitarian Universalist in Pasadena. Rev. Dr. is the Senior...

as we all navigate our feelings about the federal election outcome. Devastation, grief, fear - those feelings are real and present. As you sit with those...

If your schedule and your commitments allow, please do something kind for yourself on Monday and Tuesday. If your schedule and your commitments allow, please do...

Do you remember the first time you fell in love? I don’t mean with another person, but when you fell head over heels in love with our Earth? I was eight years...

Stop whatever it is you are doing. Look around. Stop whatever it is you are doing. Look around.

I am a pastor. I am anti-religious. And I think you should go to church/synagogue/mosque this weekend. Why? Because your attendance can help you save our Earth.

One recent August morning, a slow rhythmic tapping crept around the edges of my consciousness. us is the minister at Throop Unitarian Universalist Church in...

Thom Hawkins, a climate activist, gardener, poet, and spokesman for the Earth, died on February 15, 2023. Thom was 86. Thom viewed the world through his intense...

GUEST EDITORIAL In one of my articles I invited you to take seriously a commitment to “energy management.” To not pack too much onto your plate, and to give...

ECO-SPIRITUAL CORNER This past Friday night, a few minutes before sunset, I lit the Shabbat candles like I do most Friday evenings. By Tera Landers I sang the...

My guess is you are a lot like me. You start each day with good intentions. You try to do your best to do your part. Yet sometimes we fall asleep at the...

Rest and renewal. Living deep and living deliberately. Solitude and stillness. Breathing in, and breathing out. By Tera Landers As noted multiple times in the...

More rain is coming! By Tera Klein Remember when it reached over 100 in the Summer, and we wondered if the rain barrel in the Throop Learning Garden would have...

More rain is coming. By Tera Landers Remember when it was over 100 in the summer, and you wondered if the rain barrel would have a chance to be full? Ever since...

The days grow ever shorter. Leaves on deciduous trees fall to the ground. Seeds on perennial shrubs begin to set. By Tera Landers Fall is here, and that means...

How can our outward actions best reflect our inner values? How can we live in concert with the world around us? By Tera Landers These questions have more impact...