Greetings …

This week I have been feeling excited and proud of our congregation when thinking about the Five Leaf Eco-Awards that we have worked hard for.  It will be a delight to receive them.  At the same time, however, I realise that it doesn’t stop here, and I recognise that there is so much more that we need to as a global community to effect the change this world needs.  In my reading I came across the following prayer (written by Sr. Joan Brown, Executive Director of New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light) which touched me.  I would like to share it with you.

We hold the Earth.

We hold brothers and sisters who suffer from storms and droughts intensified by climate change.

We hold all species who suffer.

We hold world leaders delegated to make decisions for life.

We pray that the web of life may be mended through courageous actions to limit carbon emissions world-wide.

We pray for right actions for adaptation and mitigation to help our already suffering earth community.

We pray that love and wisdom might inspire my actions and our actions as communities, so that we may, with integrity, look into the eyes of brothers and sisters and all beings and truthfully say:

We are doing our part to care for them and the future of the children.

May LOVE transform us and our world with new steps toward life.

Amen

May each one of us realise what the Earth has blessed us with.  May we hold those who we have disadvantaged because of unjust policies and practices, and may we take steps towards caring for our global earth community and all its inhabitants.

Blessings – Heather (she/her).