Building on my last post here,  I saw an article on UMNS , here,  entitled “United Methodists achieve milestones despite differences” , and began the article with this:

Different viewpoints over societal changes have led some to speculate whether the unity of The United Methodist Church will hold when its top legislative body meets in May 2016. (the linked article there was all about the Gay Marriage issue)

but made no mention of Climate Change as a point of “issue contention”,  so I once again reminded them in a comment:

Not mentioned in this article is the issue of the Climate Crisis, which will undoubtedly force additional “issue battle”, as one can see by exploring the comments on just about any article here touching on Climate Change. As the crisis deepens, this will be unavoidable. On the positive side, a deepening of the crisis will prove enlightening to many. It will break through the political intransigence for many. Question is, how long will it take? It behooves us as a church to be on the side of the inevitable, since we can see, through the science, that we are “locked in” to certain levels of increased warming, increased melting of ice, increased releasing of methane, and increased social strife (the latter according to even the Pentagon). The earlier we as a denomination and a Church of Jesus Christ can respond with relevance and support for what needs to be done, the better off our prospects for the future as a community which can bring us the resources to help us maintain our humanity in the perilous times ahead. (The thought about “maintaining our humanity” can be heard in a video statement I got from Tim DeChristopher last month when I was at a conference “Seizing An Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization” put on by Claremont School of Theology’s Center for Process Studies. Check out the video here