Gardens on Mercury
North Star, Delaware
May 12, 2023
Randy Clayton
Descanso Gardens
La Cañada Flintridge, California
May 7, 2023
Ann Rhee Menzie
Gardens on Mercury
North Star, Delaware
May 12, 2023
Randy Clayton
Descanso Gardens
La Cañada Flintridge, California
May 7, 2023
Ann Rhee Menzie
God who bears the hurt of the world,
we pray for the grace, courage, and wisdom
to bear one another’s burdens,
to sit in silence with your children
who are in pain,
who grieve,
who endure heartbreak beyond our imagining;
to sit in silence
until a place of love is reached.
Amen.
inspired by a sermon preached by Elder Madison McKinney (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate and a descendent of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) for National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit People (May 5), a part of the May 1-7 National Week of Action for MMIWG2S
Filed under Current Events, Friends, Human Rights, Prayer
Perhaps this is late. Today is Earth Day and tomorrow is Earth Day Sunday. Perhaps this should have been sent sooner to allow people who plan worship to make use of the resources that follow the brief prayer. However, if your worship tomorrow does not include a focus on Earth Day, you could use some of these resources in your devotions. And, as my friend Melodee Bottari posted on her Facebook page – “Every day is Earth Day.”
A prayer for Earth Day
Creator God,
we come from the earth,
and we return to the earth.
In between, we live upon the earth.
within the great, wonderful web of life
you have created.
May we live wisely,
caring responsibly and well
for the earth
of which we are a part
upon which we depend
and which you hold in infinite love.
We pray in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
This list of worship resources and action ideas for Earth Day and earth care is adapted from material curated by my friend Bruce Winfrey Gillette for Presbyterians for Earth Care (PEC); joining PEC might be a good Earth Day activity
CREATION CARE IN GLORY TO GOD HYMNAL BY DAVID GAMBRELL
HYMNS BY CAROLYN WINFREY GILLETTE (PERMISSION IS GIVEN FOR FREE USE TO PEC FRIENDS)
THE LORD’S PRAYER LITURGY AND INFORMATION ABOUT CREATION CARE FROM THE PRESBYTERIAN HUNGER PROGRAM (PHP)
EARTH DAT SUNDAY WORSHIP RESOURCES AND MORE(PHP)
TREAD LIGHTLY – EARTH CARE ACTIVITIES TO USE ANY TIME (PHP)
RESPONDINGTO CLIMATE CHANGE FREE CONVERSATION GUIDE (CHRISTIAN CENTURY)
Filed under Current Events, Friends, Prayer
Old Jewish Cemetery
Prague, Czech Republic
Lisa Sisenwein
19 April 2023
31 March 2023
Washington State
Provided byAnn Rhee Menzie
who knew I had not seen any crocuses yet this year
sent this photo that a friend had ent to her
Along the Graybeard Trail 