Earth Day reminds us that “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” (Chief Seattle)
Our prayer now is that we are not too late to reverse the years of treating the Earth as an infinitely renewable resource. We are stewards of the planet, not owners – truly part of the web.
When Man from Eden new-cast out then tore at Earth and ripped
Her coal and iron, her oil and gold, his melancholy tipped
The world toward devastated blight, toward envy, hatred, wars.
They turned sweet hills to desert wastes and pocked the Earth with sores.
All: We are all partners and stewards of the unfolding universe, which is God’s glorious creation. Together we make the following shared commitment:
read moreI lift up my eyes to Diablo
looming over the bay, a diadem of gold and green
spreading its dun folds down to its urban skirts
