During his childhood in East Africa, the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, now general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), recalls that he used to see from his home the snow-topped peaks of Mount Kenya in the distance - writes Fredrick Nzwili for Ecumenical News International (ENI).
A Litany of Gratitude from Web of Creation (Director Dr David Rhoads)
Leader:
We live in all things
All things live in us
Response: We rejoice in all life.
Leader:
We live by the sun
Litany of Commitment
Leader: As we seek to relax our grip so that the earth, our fragile sister, might rest from our labors, help us to see our world more vividly than we have done in the past.
A Litany for Healing - From the Web of Creation (Director Dr. David Rhoads)
Leader:
To bring new life to the land
To restore the waters
To refresh the air
Taken form the 'Service of Challenge, Commitment and Blessing' at the Operation Noah service at Grosvenor Chapel, London. This was part of the Stop Climate Chaos Rally held on November 4th 2006
British-based international development agency Christian Aid called for much more radical action to tackle climate change, following UK Chancellor Gordon Brown's pre-budget report yesterday - which raised ‘green' taxes on motor and air travel and offered incentives for greener homes.