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Preserving Creation

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The wonders of God’s creation are all around us: the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. But it is easy for us to take this bounty for granted—or worse, contribute to its destruction. It is our duty to tend to what has been given to us. These rituals and prayers remind us of the sacred nature of that task.
 

Latest Rituals

A blessing for a day with clean air.
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“May our breaths continue / And our health and the health of all / Be preserved / In this time of haze, fire and climate disaster.”
dandelion fluff blowing against a cloudy sunset sky
A complete ritual for monthly exams for all people with breasts
hand holding one apple blossom
Prayer for transferring a deceased body for the process of “natural organic reduction,” also known as “human composting”
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“May I use these waters wisely”
Hands submerged in water with green leaves floating nearby.
“the prayer was dance”
light skinned young woman in a forest, hair blowing in the wind, arms swinging as if she is dancing. she wears a torqouise blue long tank top and jeans, and has long straight light brown hair.
This ritual can be used as a way to enter into a Tu B’shvat seder or teaching session or as an intention-setting or witnessing ritual for an environmental action
white hands cupping water over a body of water
“their roots twine / mycorrhizal networks / like neural pathways / bond this arboreal congregation”
big tree with closeup of large root system
“I bend and bless the earth / with my own brokenness”
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“Praise the heartbeat of the universe”
view of mountains in blue and white sky with clouds with person on a rocky outcrop small in the scene

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