Creation Care

Blog 87. A Prayer for the Earth: A Thanksgiving for Plants

Janice KirkNovember 3rd, 2025|Categories: Blog, Cherish the Earth, Prayers for the Earth, Prayers, Praises, and Poetry|Tags: beauty, chapparal, cherish the earth, Creation Care, desert, Earth Day, ecosystem, forests, grasslands, green planet, habitats, jungles, life community, peace, plant communities, prayers for the earth, savetheearth, seedlings, tundra, wetlands, wildflowers, wonders|

Then God said, “I give you every seed–bearing plant on the face of the whole [...]

Blog 85. Prayers for the Earth: I Mourn the Trees

Janice KirkSeptember 9th, 2025|Categories: Blog, Cherish the Earth, land stewards, Prayers for the Earth|Tags: aspen, balance, balance of nature, care for the earth, Creation Care, cycles, desperate need, fog, forest, forgive our sins, guardians, habitats, harmony, lament, Lord have mercy, mourn the trees, oxygen, patterns, prayers for the earth, rain, rhythms, sins, sorrow, trees, water keepers, weeping|

O God, . . . Do not hold against us the sins of past generations; [...]

Blog. 83. Prayer Vigil for the Earth

Janice KirkJune 1st, 2025|Categories: Blog, Cherish the Earth, Nature Notes, Prayers for the Earth|Tags: balance of nature, beauty of holiness, call to prayer, Creation Care, fire, flood, insomnia, Lord have mercy, plant communities, prayers for the earth, storms, toxic waste, wonders, worship|

Awake in the night? Is it insomnia? Or is God calling us to prayer? Join [...]

Lenten Vigil for the Earth

Janice E. KirkFebruary 28th, 2025|Categories: Blog|Tags: Abide, call to prayer, Creation Care, earth stewards, ecosystems, environment, God's love, gratitude, holy hands, joy, life cycles, lost birds, love, meditation, mourn, planet earth, plant communities, praise, pray, tideline, vigil, watch hours|

Awake in the night? Restless? Here is a meditation to center yourself. Find your tideline [...]

Cherish the Earth. Going to Holden Part 2. Life at Holden

Janice KirkFebruary 15th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Cherish the Earth|Tags: chalet, cherish the earth, community, Creation Care, dish team, disposables, fruits and vegetables, garbology, healthy diet, Holden Evening Prayer, Holden Village, inclusiveness, Lake Chelan, life is short, live sustainably, microcosm, mine remediation, Railroad Creek, re-purpose, recycle, social justice, solidarity, summer garden|

View from Chalet 3, Holden Village WA 1980 Part 2. Life at Holden [...]