Issues: The Environment

Some Christian Responses to God's Creation - Songs and Poems

There are many songs and poems that reflect how Christians feel about the world in which we live.

snowdrops

Summer and winter
and seedtime and harvest,
sun, moon and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in eloquent witness
to your great faithfulness, mercy and love.

(Thomas Chisholm, 1923. Grateful thanks given to Jubilate Hymns for the modernisation of the words.Used by permission. Copyright © 1923 Renewal 1951 by Hope Publishing admin by CopyCare, PO Box 77, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 3EF, UK. Used py permission. music@copycare.com)

Beauty in creation -
snowdrops & fungi on Exmoor
In resistance to the spirit of the age
live a lifestyle that can be sustained.
Undermine the idols of technology and science
the need for the latest gadget and appliance.
  ('Counter to the Culture', John Baker and Jan Birch, Serious Music UK 1995)
Morning World by Alyn Haskey
(used by kind permission)

The sun creeps from behind the clouds
Smiling with warmth
Rays of light touch the earth
and birds sing
Flowers open their eyes
And reveal their beauty
Another day dawns

sunset

Write your own song, poem or prayer expressing your response to God's creation ... or your feelings about being 'a steward' or carer of it ... or perhaps your anger at human pollution and exploitation .. or even your need for forgiveness and asking God for his help. Ask to use this at an act of worship or assembly.
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