Green Ageing
Ann Parker is a poet and a member of Christian Ecology Link. In this poem she reflects on ageing as a Christian in a climate-changing world. Barbara Echlin.
Green Ageing
A time of consolidation, like moving house. Leaving, giving, throwing out that which is no longer needed. Learning new dimensions; how to fit oneself into unfamiliarity, Don’t waste it. Then there are the practicalities |
Climate change – my role – the role of everyone in living through it. Awareness of new sciences, gardening, food production. Saving fuel and water. Emerging hazards, new diseases And God? The Sabbath ‘rest’ in stillness, one-ness. Not but prayer as weaving |
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