Epistle to the trade fair
[As delivered at the SEC – the venue for COP26 – in Glasgow on 15th May 2024]

[As delivered at the SEC – the venue for COP26 – in Glasgow on 15th May 2024]
Eco-Chaplain David Coleman begins our series of daily advent reflections. Isaiah 64:1
(To go with Exodus 33:12-23 Matthew 22:15-22) Meter 11 10 11 10 – Was Lebet, Was Schwebet [Brightest and best…] CH4 327 or CH4 634
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1) God the Sustainer is God who embraces
weaves and connects all that’s known and obscure;
Seas and the skies suffer human injustice:
Earth shares a voice with the downtrodden poor.
2) God in Christ Jesus speaks love full of warning:
counsels we build on the rock, not on sand
teaches alertness and wide-awake walking
faith is God’s gift for the good of the land.
3) Kingdoms will suffer from violent corruption –
Even the Kingdom of Heaven itself
Earth, God’s Creation, is balanced in beauty:
fragile, our friend, needing care for good health .
4) Nothing we do, say, or pray is irrelevant:
neither to neighbours next door, nor afar.
God’s is the glory that’s known in Earth’s goodness
Empires do fall, when such truth they ignore.
Eight years ago, I reviewed ‘Laudato Si’ for the URC’s reform Magazine. It was quite hard going, a densely-written 40K words. I’ve eagerly been awaiting this update. Please do read the whole thing once it’s fully online, but here’s a ‘first impressions’ review. [Downloadable PDF]
texts ( without accompanying images) for seven events over three Sundays
PDF of the collection of writings (downloadable)
PDF of the St Magnus Sermon 9th July(downloadable)