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Jesus the Homeless
“Our spirituality is not what we profess to believe,
but how we order our lives.
Our stewardship of time, energy, material things, and relationship to our fellow creatures reflects the way we express that ordering of our lives.”
Margaret Guenther in “The Practice of Prayer”
Jesus, in a story that is in all four Gospels, entered the temple in Jerusalem, confronted “business as usual”, and Mark’s Gospel reports that he said:
“Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer
for all the nations’?”
Mark 11:17 (RSV)
“Our prayers remain empty if we do not inhabit them;
if we do not mirror their desires
through the people that we are and seek to become.”
Seasons of the Spirit, 2009
Sojourners sent me this important message today:
Are you ready to join with Christians around the world in prayer for God’s creation? Along with the global Church, we at Sojourners have embraced Tuesday, September 1 as a Global Day of Prayer for the Care of the Creation.
Why tomorrow? Patriarch Bartholomew of the Orthodox Communion has long recognized the prayer day; last week, Pope Francis did so for the world’s Roman Catholics; and now, the Protestant World Evangelical Alliance – representing more than 600 million Christians worldwide – and the World Council of Churches have both endorsed the Day of Prayer.
We would like to invite you to participate in this first truly global response by Christians to our many environmental crises by joining in a Telephonic Prayer Meeting organized by Evangelical Christians engaged in various Creation Care ministries at 8:00 PM Eastern Time.
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What: Global Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation – Telephonic Prayer Meeting.
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When: Tuesday, September 1, 8:00-8:50 PM ET.
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Call in instructions: Dial 1-302-202-1106 – Conference code: 381142 (Kindly mute your line upon connecting.)
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Who’s involved? Representatives of Sojourners and our partners at the World Evangelical Alliance, the Lausanne evangelistic movement’s Creation Care Network, Care of Creation, Climate Caretakers, Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, the A Rocha Christian conservation ministry, the Christian Reformed Church, the Presbyterian Church, and Christians for the Mountains, among many others.
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How can I participate? Download this PDF prayer guide and join us in Scripture readings, devotions, and prayer for our world – for repentance for those in power, and for the church. And forward this email to your friends, small group members, pastors, family members and the like. There’s room for everyone to join in prayer!
In faith,
The Sojourners team
allanbaker 