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22 April 2023

Walking. Germantown. Earth Day.
Parkinson’s Unity Walk.
Walking. Germantown.
I Need to Wake Up – Melissa Etheridge
Last Lonely Eagle – New Riders of the Purple Sage
Gardner – Rebecca Riots
Earth and Sun – Sharon Burch
Dragonfly – Ziggy Marley
Almost Like Praying – Lin-Manuel Miranda, feat. Artists for Puerto Rico
Wildlife – Nomad
Now That the Buffalo’s Gone – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Wind Spirit – Bill Miller
Care for the Land – Eric Bogle
After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
Solstice Prayer – R. Carlos Nakai
Hawai’i ’78 – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) – Fats Domino
The Sky and the Dawn and the Son – Celtic Woman
The Four Legged Ones – Joanne Shenandoah
The Times The Are A-Changin’ – Keb’ Mo’
Whole World – Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding
Earth Children – Walela
New World Water – Mos Def
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Globe All Warming – Niyorah
Shimmer, Prayer for Cleaning the Water – Joy Harjo
Water Is Life – Wanita Bird
Whose Garden Was This – Tom Paxton
Mother Earth, Our Mother Birthing – Jim & Jean Strathdee
Where Do the Children Play – Cat Stevens
Earth – John McCutcheon
Earth – Lil Dicky
Earth Song – Mary Hopkin
To My Old Brown Earth – Pat Humphries
Mother Nature’s Son – The Beatles
To the Last Whale – Crosby & Nash
Don’t Go Near the Water – Johnny Cash
Go to the Woods – Dar Williams
Happy Earth Day – Meredythe & The Recycle! Kids
Earth Day Every Day – John Denver
Nothing (But) Flowers – Talking Heads
The 3 R’s – Jack Johnson
Hard Day on the Planet – Loudon Wainwright III
The Landscape Is Changing – Depeche Mode
Wake Up America – Miley Cyrus
Rejoice in the Sun – Peter Schickele & Joan Baez
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Mercy Mercy Me – Marvin Gaye
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall – Leon Russell
Sun Is Shining – Bob Marley
Before the Deluge – Jackson Browne
Is This the World We Created – Queen
Big Beautiful Planet – Raffi
The Riverkeeper – Tom Chapin
Rainbow Connection – Willie Nelson
Love Song to the Earth – Paul McCartney, Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Fergie, Colbie Caillat, Natasha Bedingfield, Sean Paul, Leona Lewis, John Rzeznik, Angelique Kidjo, Krewella, Kelsea Ballerini, Nicole Scherzinger, Christina Grimmie, Victoria Justice & Q’orianka Kilcher
Oh, What a World 2.0 – Kacey Musgraves

Played sons through the day. Did not walk this long.

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Every day is Earth Day

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) 

PRESBYTERIANSFOR EARTH CARE WEBINARS ON MANY TOPICS

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22 April 2022

Walking. Germantown.
I Need to Wake Up – Melissa Etheridge
Last Lonely Eagle – New Riders of the Purple Sage
Gardner – Rebecca Riots
Earth and Sun – Sharon Burch
Dragonfly – Ziggy Marley
Almost Like Praying – Lin-Manuel Miranda, feat. Artists for Puerto Rico
Wildlife – Nomad
Now That the Buffalo’s Gone – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Wind Spirit – Bill Miller
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
Evolution Revolution – Indigenous
Care for the Land – Eric Bogle
People Get Ready – Ladysmith Black Mambazo, feat. Phoebe Snow
After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
Solstice Prayer – R. Carlos Nakai
Hawai’i ’78 – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) – Fats Domino
This Little Light of Mine – Sweet Honey on the Rock
Freedom Road – The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Sky and the Dawn and the Son – Celtic Woman
The Four Legged Ones – Joanne Shenandoah
The Times The Are A-Changin’ – Keb’ Mo’
Whole World – Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding
Earth Children – Walela
New World Water – Mos Def
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Globe All Warming – Niyorah
Shimmer, Prayer for Cleaning the Water – Joy Harjo
Mighty River – Mary Bilge
In the Water – Run River North
Water Is Life – Wanita Bird
Whose Garden Was This – Tom Paxton
Mother Earth, Our Mother Birthing – Jim & Jean Strathdee

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Take a walk

Perhaps it is the sun pouring through my window.

Perhaps it is because Wednesday was Earth Day.

Perhaps it is because our Gospel lesson for Sunday tells of what happened to two of Jesus’ disciples as they walked to Emmaus.

Perhaps it is having been inside (for most of the time – I have stepped outs on a few occasions when deliveries arrived and to take some mail to the mailbox) since March 18.

Probably it is a combination of all those factors and more.

I want to take my camera and go to a park and take photos.
No need for anyone to find my doctor’s phone number and call her.
I will stay in. I will stay in.

I might look out the window more frequently today.

And I will share one photo that makes me smile.

The pond at Morningside Park has turtles, among other creatures.

One day, I caught them doing yoga.

TurtleYoga

What walks do you remember?

What made you smile as you walked?

What fed your spirit? What nurtured your soul?

Where might you walk today – in real life or in your imagination?

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Earth Day and people of faith

“As stewards of the earth, humans are called by God to live sustainably and work toward creation care. We all have a part to play. This Earth Day, how will you live out God’s call?”
Check out Grace Ji-Sun Kim’s reflection on Earth Day (April 22).

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