Even if the original Pentecost event was credited with a daily increase in numbers (Acts 2:47), this number 400 is not good news – neither for this Pentecost, nor for the planet, nor for Pentecosts to come.
Posts Tagged Environment
Pentecost at 400
May 18
A report on the first day of the 2011 Hymn Society conference in Colorado Springs, CO. This year’s theme: “Touch the Earth Lightly.”
Psalm 104 reminds us that in worship, we join with the whole universe which sings to God; our human voices are but a tiny part of a vast symphony that includes not only the birds that might sing in our backyard but also the waves of the world ocean and the movements of the galaxies.
Ocean Lament
May 30
Am I the only one who experiences a profound disconnect these days between our lives of prayer (and what we think is important to bring into God’s presence) and the catastrophe happening in the Gulf of Mexico? The intercessions at my parish this morning, beautiful as they were, did not seem to know anything of the ecocide taking place in the ocean off the Louisiana coast and reaching into the fragile coastlands and all life-forms that depend on them, humans included.
To the Buddhists on Vesakh
May 18
Both Christians and Buddhists have a profound respect for human life. It is crucial therefore that we encourage efforts to create a sense of ecological responsibility.
Earth Day 2010
Apr 22
Words from Pope Benedict and Patriarch Bartholomew on the environment.