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Yesterday, The Episcopal Church (TEC) hosted a prayer service as part of the faithful witness of the Church present at the UN’s COP26; an intergovernmental conference to address the devastating realities of climate change, and the role of humans in protecting God’s creation.
One of the prayers asked God to “Bless Our Inspirations”.
This piece struck me as particularly meaningful, as it integrates our prayers and our actions; it invites us to learn more about the realities of climate change, the role of humans in influencing our present situation, and the opportunity and responsibility of all of us today to work for the future. And we recognise that this is a ministry, an act of faith: God is summoning us into this work. The Spirit is whispering into our hearts and minds ways to remember how to live as inter-connected and inter-dependent beings.
And so we acknowledge that we have work to do; that we have opportunities ahead; and that we have been blessed with reason and skill to embrace this ministry of creation care.
Truly, may God bless our inspirations, that all we do may celebrate the divine creation which sustains our life. May God strengthen our faith, that we may embrace the wonder and awe of creation as a divine revelation. May God embolden our actions, that we may be faithful in our responses locally, nationally, and globally, that we are faithful and confident in all we do.
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