The UK government has licensed exploration in 24 new areas of the North Sea for extraction of more fossil fuels. In a time of global crisis, where we know that this must stop. We must find a different way.
Any political party not prioritising this in their election year manifesto is not worthy of our vote.
There are many absolutely brilliant quotes from good people supporting the current vigil if you follow the link below. I’m profiling this one from younger people, who will have to live with the consequences of our actions:
Everyday we see the worsening effects of the climate crisis in a world which is becoming more and more vulnerable. Climate refugees, animals on the edge of extinction, our home on the brink. In Lent we are given the chance to reflect on our own part in all of this. As a charity working with and for students and young people, we see the desperate need to help them create a better future and call on our governments to do the same. As Dietrich Bonhoeffer puts it; “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.
Phoebe Edmonds, Faith in Action Project Worker, Student Christian Movement.
In lent I am using breath prayers from Cole Arthur Riley’s new Black Liturgies book. This week the prayer is:
INHALE Lord transform my hungers
EXHALE Let my desire be for justice.
Amen. So be it. On a grand scale, collectively.
Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems and Meditations for Staying Human https://g.co/kgs/4jYsvf4
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