“The power of the earth, of its layered strength and its gravity, is a small part of the power of the universe, of all creation. Lying on it, we are part of the greatest mystery, the mystery we call God...”
— Rev. Carmen Retzlaff
Happy Earth Day 2020!
We dearly hope you and your loved ones are safe, healthy, and optimistic this Earth Day, given Covid-19. Here are 9 great tips from Idealist.org on how you can make a huge positive difference in your local community on Coronavirus. As someone once said, "Love thy neighbor..."
This year, April 22, 2020, is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. How do people of faith and spiritual practice celebrate this important global holiday in a time of global pandemic, social distancing, and stay at home orders? Well, we have a few ideas. Scroll down to see a small collection of our contributors' recommended prayers, meditations, books, and more.
We hope you can apply these "engagements" to your own life -- and we wish you and your community good health and good cheer.Let us all give thanks for the Creation! And let us all continue our efforts to build a brighter future for All Creation by loving, caring, and doing!
Earth Day 2020. Lacking community during this time of isolation? Find it in nature. Make a plan to celebrate Earth Day, April 22nd, outdoors. This offers a great opportunity for a socially-distanced chat with neighbors, friends and family. Have your lunch on the porch, enjoy your coffee with the windows open, take photos of natural objects around your yard and share them on social media, there are so many ways to connect.
What do you see in this picture? Look closely and search for the tiny details that make the natural world such an amazing creation. Life is all around us.
--Amie King
This is Another Thing You Can Do for the Environment!
AllCreation is produced by BioIntegrity in Austin, TX. Since starting AllCreation, in 2016, acting editor Chris Searles has led a team of clergy and religious professionals to publish nearly 500 pieces on our website, exploring connections between faith, spiritual practice, and biodiversity. BioIntegrity recently became a start-up nonprofit organization and needs your financial support! We want to grow our work and we need your help! To support our work by credit card, please go to this page. To support us by check or other method, please contact us. All gifts are 100% tax deductible and 1,000% appreciated. Learn more about what BioIntegrity has accomplished in this report.
Thank you!
Thanks to Chris Searles, exec. dir., BioIntegrity.net, and exec. editor, AllCreation.org, and to all of our contributors, for creating this issue. Thanks also to the AllCreation management team: Rev. Tom VandeStadt, Rev. Carmen Retzlaff,Amie Stone King, and Rev. Dan De Leon for their extra help. We wish you the best possible Earth Day, which, as you know, is everyday. :)
