Water
Water signifies immersion, our connection with the natural world and its gifts, basic human rights, and grief at the potential for loss due to climate change. (See also climate justice worship resources for fire, air, and earth.)
General Resources
- Climate Justice Sunday 2015 resources, including worship resources, from the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), in honor of World Water Day
Readings
- “Water Flows” by Thich Nhat Hahn
- “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes
- “Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters,” Bible verse
- “Pine Tree Tops” by Gary Snyder from his book Turtle Island
- Excerpt from Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
- “Birches” by Robert Frost
- “Returning to the Sea” by Mark Nepo
- “The Swan” by Mary Oliver
- “Suppose” by Stephen M. Shick
- “Live amid the Play of Infinite Thought” by Thomas Starr King
Inspiration
- “Love, Nature: A Reunion” by Doug Demeo
Prayer
- “Beatitudes for Earth Sunday” by Richard Gilbert
Stories for All Ages
- Earth Mother by Ellen Jackson
- John Muir: America’s Naturalist by Thomas Locker
Songs
- Wade in the Water (#210)*
- By the Rivers of Babylon
- Down to the River to Pray
- Come You Longing Thirsty Souls (#209)*
- We Celebrate the Web of Life (#175)*
*From the hymnal Singing the Living Tradition