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Creation Season 2008 (Year A)
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Welcome! We're glad you're planning on observing a liturgical season of creation. We have prepared some materials for you to use in worship, teaching, and personal reflection. The list of Readings below is designed to help
you select alternative readings for use in services or for reflection
on the water themes of this Creation Season. The readings come
from Earth Prayers From around the World: 365 Prayers, Poems,
and Invocations for Honoring the Earth, Edited by Elizabeth
Roberts and Elias Amidon; Published by Harper Colllins Ecological Self
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Author |
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4
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Walt Whitman |
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5
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Navajo |
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6
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Hildegard of Bingen |
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10
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Chief Seattle |
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19
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Marvin Wycke Jr. |
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23
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Dylan Thomas |
Sacred Space
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Author |
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43
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Gary Snyder |
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57
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Jewish Prayer |
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59
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Sukla Yajur Veda XVl |
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62
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Jewish Prayer and Edward Abbey |
Passion
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Page
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Author |
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81
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Carole Forman |
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82
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UN Environmental Sabbath* |
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86
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Black Elk |
* Useful as litany or adapted to prayers of people
Healing
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Page
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Author |
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97
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Nancy Wood |
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98
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T S Eliot |
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102
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Wendell Berry |
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104
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Robinson Jeffers |
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106
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Chinook Blessing Litany* |
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111
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Hagen Hasselbalch* |
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112
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Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro |
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114
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Phillipine Fisherman’s Song |
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117
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Navajo Chant* |
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142
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Langston Hughes |
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143
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Paula Gunn Allen |
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153
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Hindu Prayer |
* Useful as litany or adapted to prayers of people
Elements
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Author |
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162
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Allah Renee Bozarth |
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165
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Thomas Merton |
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172
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Mary Rogers - Gaelic |
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200
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin* |
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203
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Ashanti Prayer |
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204
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Irish Blessing* |
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219
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African Canticle |
* Useful as litany or
adapted to prayers of people
Praise and Blessing
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Page
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Author |
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226
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St Francis of Assisi* |
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228
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North American Conference on Christianity and Ecology* |
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305
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Julian of Norwich |
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307
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Theodore Roethke |
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318
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Daniel Berrigan |
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326
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Antoinette Adam |
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335
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Thich Nhat Hanh |
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338
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Eleanor Farjean |
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352
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John Lame Deer |
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356
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Marcia Falk |
* Useful as litany or adapted to prayers of people
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Note: The List of alternate readings was prepared by the Rev Margaret W. Thomas.
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