EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Thirteen, Number Four July/August 2004 The focus of the July/August 2004 issue of Earthkeeping News was Bringing the Church Back Down to Earth, a conference held June 25–27, 2004 at University of St. Thomas in St. Paul MN. The conference was co-sponsored by The Center for Progressive Christianity and the North American Coalition for Christianity and Ecology. A HYMN used in the conference vespers service Touch the earth lightly, use the earth gently, nourish the life of the world in our care: gift of great wonder, ours to surrender, trust for the children tomorrow will bear. We who endanger, who create hunger, agents of death for all creatures that live, we who would foster clouds of disaster, God of our planet, forestall and forgive. Let there be greening, birth from the burning water that blesses and air that is sweet, health in God's garden, hope in God's children, regeneration that peace will complete. God of all living, God of all loving, God of the seedling, the snow and the sun, teach us, deflect us, Christ reconnect us, using us gently and making us one. Words: Shirley Erena Murray 1991 Music: Colin Gibson 1991 Home     Table of Contents