Opening Prayer: Lord, hear my cry. Our species is dying. Our earth is dying alongside it. Mainstream attempts at solving the problems of people and the planet are not working and the genocides occur with more frequency and environmental destruction rages rapidly. Our children are suffocating in political insurrection, climate change, infant and maternal mortality, an ever-expanding prison industry, rising sea levels, and natural resource shortages. Lord, we need the new earth of John’s apocalyptic vision. Show us the way there, today.

Scripture: Psalms 121: 1-2

A Song of Ascents.

1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
    from where will my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
    who made heaven and earth.