\u201cAs the climate changes, species are diminishing. We are seeing the extinction of so many different things, and they are part of us. They are part of the world. They are part of who we are. Are we going to become the next extinction? We need to care for what God has given us, and that is a moral mandate.\u201d Watch more of our interview about the effects of climate change in southern Louisiana with Rev. Dr. Kristina Peterson, pastor at Bayou Blue Presbyterian Church in Gray, Louisiana. She is also\u00a0facilitator of the Lowlander Center and\u00a0coordinator\u00a0of the Wetlands Theological Project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"