JOYFUL WANDERING -- 50

+ Updated at 1:45pm ESDT on #EarthDay, April 22, 2015.

#earthday + "This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it."

#‎earthday‬ + “When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world.” -- John Muir

#earthday + Here are some great ideas for earthday and every day: Earth Day: 12 Spiritual Practices to Honor the Earth by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat.

#earthday + "Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world are seeking each other, so that the world may come into being." -- Teilhard de Chardin

#earthday + A book to buy: 50 Ways to Help Save the Earth: How You and Your Church Can Make a Difference by Rebecca Barnes-Davies, an environmental activist with over a decade of experience in advocating for public policy changes, educating groups of concerned Christians, and writing numerous articles.

#earthday + Visit Earth Ministry

#earthday + Visit Presbyterians for Earth Care: An Eco-Justice Network

#earthday + A Prayer for the Environment:
Awake! Awake! Holy One, we are the choir. We are awakened to the terrible things we have done to your gift of the garden. Now our plea is for the music, notes and words, that we need to sing to those around us who are in a deep sleep of unawareness. Our hearts are full to overflowing with the pain of what we see around us. Give us, we pray, the melody for awakening our human family. Amen.
(This prayer was written by Holly Hallman for a Presbyterians for Earth Care event.)

#earthday + Visit Presbyterian Church (USA) Environmental Ministries

#earthday + Visit 350.org

#earthday + Visit GreenFaith

#earthday + Visit Interfaith Power and Light: A Religious Response to Global Warming

#earthday + "I'm always aware that the world around us is never going to be as beautiful and intact as it is now so I do everything I can to take pleasure in it. One of our jobs is clearly to bear witness to this beautiful world we were given and to understand that it is never going to be quite as glorious again, so we had better pay attention." -- Bill McKibben of 350.org

#earthday + Visit Earth Policy Institute

#earthday + “Our global civilization today is on an economic path that is environmentally unsustainable, a path that is leading us toward economic decline and eventual collapse.” -- Lester Brown of Earth Policy Institute

#earthday + “The first and greatest surprise – a miracle, really – is this: that anything exists at all, and that we get to be part of it. Ripe peach, crisp apple, tall mountain, bright leaves, sparkling water, flying flock, flickering flame, and you and me … here, now!” -- Brian D. McLaren in We Make the Road by Walking