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The Oxford Word of 2019
The word of the year for 2019 is "Climate Emergency," according to Oxford Dictionaries. Last year, that honor went to "Toxic."
Climate emergency is defined as "a situation in which urgent action …
A Prayer for a Sober View of Disaster
"No one ever understood disaster until it came," wrote Josephine Herbst in Nothing Is Sacred. Sadly, people who are now facing hurricane inundations, wildfires, and earthquakes know that feeling of …
Praying for the People of Indonesia after the Earthquake and Tsunami
On Friday, September 28, 2018, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia, triggering a tsunami with waves up to 10 feet high. Water toppled and swept away buildings in the coastal city of Palu, home …
A Prayer for Comfort after Disasters
News from the Phillipines reports the destruction and deaths caused by two powerful earthquakes on April 22 – 23, 2019. Monday's magnitude 6.1 quake struck Pampanga province, north of Manila, as w…
A Prayer for Victims and Families of Earthquakes in Iran
Two earthquakes in northwest Iran on Saturday, August 11, 2012, have killed 300 people and injured 2,600 more, according to reports from Reuters and other news agencies.
The first quake registere…
Prayer for the People of the Philippines
Typhoon Haiyan, which slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday, November 8, 2013, is the strongest typhoon of the year and one of the strongest storms on record. It also appears to be t…
A Prayer for Our Role in Climate Change
Image credit: Hurricane Michael on October 9, 2018, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
As of this writing in October 2018, we're facing into the devastation of the third stro…
Fear: Not My Favorite Spiritual Companion
Fear. If you're feeling it, you're normal. You're paying attention. The coronavirus is an invader that has come upon us with great speed and virulence. Like a bull in a china closet, this new invade…
"C" Is for Compassion
“Through compassion, we conquer the numbness and the daze which keeps us closed off from the messes and miseries of the world.”
— Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spiritual Literacy
Th…
A Tiny Prayer for Those Affected by Tornados
On Friday and Saturday, December 10 and 11, 2021, an unusually large outbreak of tornadoes -- at least 30 -- ripped through six states in the United States -- Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri,…