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A Prayer for Children Being Used as Suicide Bombers O Keeper of Justice in the Universe, we are troubled by the use of children as suicide bombers by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Fact: Recently a 10-year-old sister of a Taliban commander was given…
A Prayer for Africa's Elephants In an article in The New York Times, Jeffrey Gettleman reported on the recent shooting of 22 elephants including several very young ones in the Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Co…
A Prayer for Orcas Lord of Life and Protector of Animals, watch over and take care of all whales in captivity whose ancestors roamed freely in thousands of miles of ocean. Fact: 52 Orcas are now living in captivit…
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…
Running with the Wolves Ever since I learned that it is once again legal in Alaska to shoot wolves from airplanes and to kill wolf pups in their dens, I have not been able to get the fate of the wolves out of my mind. I ha…
Prayer for the Oceans and Marine Life Source of Life, we are sorry for being so careless with our plastic bags, bottle caps, water bottles, and Styrofoam cups. We have played a lamentable part in harming and even causing the death of se…
Human Rights for a River In March of 2017, New Zealand passed a bill making the Whanganui River the first one in the world to hold the same legal rights, responsibilities, and liabilities as a human being. For the Maori peo…
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 Those Challenging the Tools of War This is the Age of Weaponized Drones. They are widely used in the war against terrorists and other enemies of the state. Hard facts on the frequency and targets of drone attacks are difficult to com…
A Prayer for Cheetahs and Other Nearly Extinct Animals "God of all creation, you created animals to roam the earth and fish to fill the seas. We pray for creatures on the verge of extinction, specifically that those responsible for poaching and pollutin…