Nathan Empsall is a prolific writer and public speaker. He has been a reporter for the Spokane, WA, Spokesman-Review and a front-page editor for MyDD (the first major liberal blog). His Daily Kos diaries often reach the recommendation list, he has preached in churches from Nebraska to DC, and he has presented at such conferences and gatherings as RootsCamp, the Yale Colloquium on Religion and Ecology, and the Yale Graduate Conference on Religion and Ecology. Here is a small sampling of his sermons and political writing. Academic papers from Yale University, as well as short fiction, may be added at a future date.
Politics and Society
A letter to the Trump official who instructed a Native woman to “be nice” – May 11, 2017
If this is your locker-room banter, then you have a problem – October 8, 2016
Why I Don’t Unfriend My Pro-Trump and “All Lives Matter” Friends and Relatives – September 28, 2016
Everyone is Included When We Sing “This Land is Your Land:” A Reflection on American Folk Music and Refugees – November 20, 2015
The Power of the Online Petition: Rebutting Misguided Objections to “Clicktivism” – August 19, 2014
Getting Things Done: Reflections on Katrina Recovery – Spokane, WA, Spokesman Review – January 6, 2007
Religion and Faith
The Episcopal Church–standing up to climate change denial? – Search: A Church of Ireland Journal – Spring 2018
Striving for Justice and Peace: Episcopal Climate Action at #COP23 – November 15, 2017
Praying for Creation: Episcopal Climate Action at #COP23 – November 14, 2017
A Sermon on Interdependence, Interconnection, Diversity, and Daniel’s “Writing on the Wall” – May 3, 2017
A Sermon on Personal Growth, Learning to Hush, and Jeremiah’s Potter’s Wheel – March 29, 2017
Sermon on Father’s Day: Charleston, My White Privilege, & Racism in America – June 22, 2015
Academic
“Furthering an Intercentric Environmental Ethic: Moving Beyond Anthropocentrism and Biocentrism to Focus on the Ecological and Spiritual Reality of Interconnection.” FERNS: The Graduate Journal on Environmental Stewardship. 01.01 (2018): 60-83.
An Interview with the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori – February 28, 2017:
