Throughout Creationtide, 1st September - 4th October, there will be a daily posting of material to help us reflect on the various themes associated with this period in the Church’s year.
Credit NASA: Blue Marble
The posts will incorporate the following themes:
- Glory of the Cosmos,
- Bible
- Earth’s Wonders
- Care of the Planet
- Meditation/ Prayer
- Praise & Adoration
- Jesus, the heart of it all
I hope you will find these notes, prayers, hymns and meditations helpful and that you will feel you want to call in on the site each day. You will be very welcome and as many of the items reflect the biggest challenge of our times (notwithstanding Covid 19), I hope you might encourage other like-minded people to join us on this 34 day pilgrimage.
Today, a children’s song. Why not ask for this hymn to be sung in collective worship times in school to help keep the issues sharply in focus. And, Oh Yes! Some of you might be able to write better songs on the subject - which could be one of your contributions to keep the profile of the issue where it needs to be: top of the political and economic agenda
We have a lovely planet
For God’s creatures all to share
He asked us to be kind to it,
Look after it with care:
There’s lots of things we can do
To tend to God’s creation;
Look after plants and animals
And people of all nations.
Cars and things with engines
Are harmful to the air.
We can walk and cycle,
Help save the world we share.
And as we look around us
At birds and bugs and trees
We thank God for creation
Asking ‘Help us love it, please’.
Now pricey bottled water
Is the same as from the tap
Both of them are H20
So why the costly gap?
The charge is for the bottles
Which at sea disintegrate
Into a billion fragments
Sealing birds’ and fishes’ fates.
Then in a spoken chant
You could buy a flask, to fill as you need,
Your water stays cool,
It’s a ‘Save God’s Earth’ deed.
Further Care of The Planet songs, hymns and poems can be found at https://crossandcosmos.blogspot.com/p/care-of-planet-collection.html
Further Care of The Planet songs, hymns and poems can be found at https://crossandcosmos.blogspot.com/p/care-of-planet-collection.html
You might also like to reflect on the internationality of the potential contribution towards the stewardship of the earth from the Christian church globally by spending ten minutes listening to one of the many versions of ’The Blessing’ which have been published during Lockdown times. Today’s choice comes from Haiti
