Paper presented at the Richmond Earth Day Youth Summit 2016 by Ryan Liu Is nature not something beautiful, caring, extraordinary? Does it not surround us and care or us every second of the day like a mother, hence the term Mother Nature? But would you really treat your own mother this way? How can we… Continue reading Change happens now; the world is rooted in our backyard
Category: Advocacy
I was lost
Keynote Speech – Richmond Earth Day Youth Summit 2016 by Jay Matsushiba I was lost. Life got tougher and all I seemed to hear was more and more bad news. This bombardment of pessimism… Coral reefs will be gone by 2050, climate change is destroying our communities, hundreds and thousands of species going extinct and, most… Continue reading I was lost
Laudato si – hopefully a game changer
by Stan Hirst Pope Francis, 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, has set the cat amongst the pigeons. On 18 June 2015 he formally presented his second encyclical to the world at a news conference in the Vatican. Entitled “Laudato Si (Be Praised), On the Care of Our Common Home“, the encyclical urges swift… Continue reading Laudato si – hopefully a game changer
All in it together willy- nilly
by Roger Sweeny From a newsletter to parishioners of St. Francis-in-the-Wood Anglican Church, West Vancouver, B.C., June 2013 THE MESSAGE: During Pentecost and now, as we ponder the Trinity, the message has been about opening our hearts to receive the Spirit of Truth, the unseen one who will walk with us, live in us, inspire… Continue reading All in it together willy- nilly