Abstract
The dialogue between science and theology will ultimately be of value for the Church only if it has a healthy impact on the Church's ministries of proclamation and education. Elizabeth Achtemeier, an adjunct professor of Bible and Homiletics at Union Seminary in Virginia and author of a number of books on homiletics, provides here some theological background for preaching on concerns related to humanity's relationship with nature and environmental issues. This is accompanied by examples of sermons which she has preached over the past years on various texts and themes.