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A Prayer for the Fish of the World in Peril Giver of All, we are saddened by the news that the world's fish are in danger from overfishing by large commercial fleets. We know that when fish die off, all of marine life is threatened. Fact:…
A Prayer for Trees in Peril Creator God, we are worried about the trees in our home state of California and elsewhere in the world. Article: According to the Los Angeles Times, the number of dead trees in California's fores…
A Prayer for Monarch Butterflies In an article in The New York Times, Lincoln Brower and Homero Aridjis note the winter monarch colonies near Mexico City have shrunk considerably. Between 1993 and 2003, they covered an average of 2…
A Prayer for the Bees Discovery.com reports that the United Nations is urging international efforts to save bee colonies which are in serious decline, especially in the industrialized northern hemisphere. Among the reaso…
Nature: The Healing Gift We Ignore By Emilija Krysén In a time of both justified and unjustified anxiety-ridden global panic, we often forget that our environment and surroundings can have profound impacts on our mental wellbeing…
Should We Serve Nature or Should Nature Serve Us? By Fizza Raza for KidSpirit's Nature issue. The earliest records of history show that nature, in all its shapes and forms, has served humanity. From rocks used as hunting tools to fruit used a…
A Prayer for the Oceans O Guardian of the Earth, we recognize that we must deal seriously with the ramifications of climate change before it is too late for the oceans. Report: In a report issued by the International Un…
A Prayer of Gratitude for Those Looking After Rivers Creator God, we give you hearty thanks for the work of Living Lands & Waters (livinglandsandwaters.org), the only industrial-scale river cleanup organization in the world. Fact: The crew of LL&W…
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 …
A Prayer amid Global Decline of Biodiversity "One million species face extinction, U.N. report says. And humans will suffer as a result," observed The Washington Post on May 6, 2019. We surely have not yet run out of sit-up-and-take-notice war…