Cherish the Earth

Cherish the Earth. Lenten Lament for the Earth

Janice KirkMarch 25th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Cherish the Earth|Tags: deforestation, drought, Fred Bahnson, grief liturgy, invasive animals, invasive vegetation, Lent Lament, life networks, loss of soil, ocean of garbage, poisoned water, pollution, sack cloth and ashes, snowflakes, stand in the gap, suffering of the earth, symmetry, weeping and wailing, white rhino|

In one short space of time I found myself in ecological anger and angst about [...]

Cherish the Earth. Take Time to Behold God’s Wonders

Janice KirkFebruary 24th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Cherish the Earth|Tags: animal kingdom, Behold, beholders, beholding, cherish the earth, earth, green infrastructure, herald, holistic, networks of life, rivers in the desert, watchers, well-being, wilderness|

Behold! A Pasqueflower at Haviland Lake, Colorado How often do we really look [...]

Cherish the Earth. Gratitude.

Janice KirkNovember 18th, 2017|Categories: Blog, Cherish the Earth|Tags: beauty, community, earth stewardship, gratitude, green infrastructure, green pastures, still waters, wonders|

Blue Lake inlet, Warner Mountains CA The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. [...]

Cherish the Earth. Hurray for Green Plants!

Janice KirkSeptember 2nd, 2017|Categories: Blog, Cherish the Earth, Nature Notes|Tags: birds, chipmunk, deer, eco-community, Great Basin N.P., High desert, Indian Paintbrush, juniper and pinon pine, larkspur, Lodgepole pine forest, Oak Woodland, Plant community, Ponderosa Pine, Riparian, Savannah, scarlet gilia, Tallgrass prairie, Valley sagebrush, wetlands, yarrow, yellow monkey flower|

Green growing plants keep us alive. They are our neighbors, our plant communities. Do you [...]

Cherish the Earth. It’s All About Love

Janice KirkJuly 1st, 2017|Categories: Cherish the Earth, Out Sketching, The Gospel Lifestyle|Tags: aspen, false lupine, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Great Outdoors, inscape, life community, San Juan Mountains, sticky geranium|

I love the Great Outdoors, and it happened on an extended camping trip when [...]

Cherish the Earth. Live the Gospel Lifestyle

Janice KirkMay 20th, 2017|Categories: Blog, Cherish the Earth, The Gospel Lifestyle|Tags: cherish the earth, community, content, Earth Day, enough, generous, Gospel lifestyle, keep it simple, live lightly, need, St. Francis|

LIVE THE GOSPEL LIFESTYLE Another Earth Day celebration has come and gone, yet the old [...]