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Prayerful defense of the world’s forests
In February 2011, the United Nations launched a year-long celebration of the vital role the world’s forests play in the life of our planet. At the global level, forests are essential for their ecological, economic, and social functions. They help purify the atmosphere, help prevent soil erosion and global warming. They are full of life—both human and animal—and bring benefits that go beyond offsetting climate change.
Everyone is affected by this issue because we all use wood in one way or the other. Much of humanity lives in or on forests, as indicated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN): “Home to 80 percent of world’s biodiversity and 300 million people, forests provide for the livelihoods of 1.6 billion, almost a quarter of humanity.”
Those who want to engage in protecting the forests can do so through prayer, an eco-prayer we might say, while taking wise steps, such as recycling waste paper or engaging in bold initiatives like planting trees as carried out by The Green Belt Movement in Kenya and many other organizations around the world.
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June 6, 2011 issue
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Letters
Phyllis Rand, Laurel Marquart, David Cornell, Alistair Budd, John Trumbull
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A common goal
Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor
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Stopping the violence
Fujiko Signs
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Living peace to end war
Patricia Hardee
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From fear to faith
By Genelle Austin-Lett
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Prayerful defense of the world’s forests
By Beatrice Labarthe
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Seeing the light
By Larie Patterson
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What the 23rd Psalm means to me
Carolin
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Church home — found!
By Priscilla Schmidt
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Your intrinsic worth and unlimited potential
By Barbara Vining
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A higher degree and greater potential
By Fitzgerald Yaw, Jr.
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New in town and prepared to bless
By Heather Frederick
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Discovering my potential
By Ellen Mimaud-Lacoste
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Eternal life is now
By Evan Mehlenbacher
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Like a blade of grass
By Carol Nelden
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Look beneath the surface
By Michael Mooslin
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reflection
Richard Spencer Darling
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Love is the healer
Beverly Graham
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Healing and recovery after a fall
Hope Miller, Patricia M. Elders
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Perception management
The Editors