For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Isaiah 55:12 NRSV
- Prayers and Praying
- Music
- Liturgies
- Sermons and Preaching
- Scripture Resources
- Special Occasions
- Tips/Guidelines
General GreenWorship Resources
| Cover | Title | Author | City: Publisher, Date | Notes |
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Celebrating the Earth: An Earth-Centered Theology of Worship with Blessings, Prayers, and Rituals | McCarthy, Scott | San Jose, Calif.: Resource Publications, 1991 | Contains four seasonally-themed liturgies, as well as a variety of prayers and blessings and several chapters on earth-centered theology |
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Seven Songs of Creation: Liturgies for Celebrating and Healing Earth (An Earth Bible Resource) | Habel, Norman C. | Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2004 | Contains seven liturgies, twenty songs, and various other materials: invitations and invocations, rites of healing and reconnecting, litanies, prayers, blessings, stations of the cross, and reflections. |
Prayers and Praying
| Cover | Title | Author | City: Publisher, Date | Notes |
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Canticles of the Earth: Celebrating the Presence of God in Nature | Bachleda, F. Lynne | Chicago, Ill.: Loyola Press, 2004 | A collection of prayers and meditations, designed to be read four times a day (dawn, day, dusk, dark) over a period of forty days |
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Celebrating Earth Holy Days: A Resource Guide for Faith Communities | Clark, Susan J. | New York: Crossroad, 1992 | Contains eight Christian earth-prayers, as well as a prayer service |
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Celebrating the Earth: An Earth-Centered Theology of Worship with Blessings, Prayers, and Rituals | McCarthy, Scott | San Jose, Calif.: Resource Publications, 1991 | Contains a number of prayers, blessings, and meditations for a variety of occasions |
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Earth and all the stars: reconnecting with nature through hymns, stories, poems and prayers from the world’s great religions and cultures | Rowthorn, Anne W. | Novato, Calif.: New World Library, 2000 | Includes a variety of prayers, litanies, readings, poems, and blessings drawn from a diversity of religious traditions |
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Earth Gospel: a Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation | Hamilton-Poore, Sam and Jane Wageman | Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2008 | A collection of prayers, songs, and readings, designed to be read three times a day (morning, midday, and evening) over a period of 28 days. Also contains brief commentaries on each day’s scripture readings. |
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Earth Prayers from around the World: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth | Edited by Elizabeth J. Roberts and Elias Amidon | New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991. | 365 ecologically-themed prayers from a number of faith traditions |
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Harvest for the World: A Christian Aid/CAFOD Worship Anthology on Sharing in the Work of Creation | Duncan, Geoffrey | Norwich: Canterbury, 2004 | Contains a large number of prayers, litanies, and reflections on the themes of creation, harvest, fair-trading, relief work, international debt and poverty, development, and the politics of land ownership and food production |
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“Prayer, Meditation, and Creation Consciousness.” In Cry of the Environment, 347-54 | Joranson, Philip N. | Santa Fe, NM: Bear and Co., 1984 | A short essay on eco-conscious prayer |
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Prayers to an Evolutionary God | Cleary, William | Woodstock, VT: SkyLight Paths, 2004 | 80 prayers from an evolutionary perspective |
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Seven Songs of Creation: Liturgies for Celebrating and Healing Earth (An Earth Bible Resource) | Habel, Norman C. | Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2004 | Contains three environmentally themed litanies and four prayers |
Music
| Cover | Title | Author | City: Publisher, Date | Notes |
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Children of Creation: Hymns of Love and Justice for the 21st Century | Hamm, Barbara E. | Nashville, Tenn: Abingdon Press, 2006 | Contains seventeen original creation-themed hymns, each with an original tune/setting |
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The Earth and Spirit Songbook: Book One | Scott, Jim | Shrewsbury, MA : Jim Scott Music, 2003 | A collection of 111 earth centered songs, from a number of faith traditions and set in a variety of musical styles |
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Hymns for a Caring World: Voices and Piano | Rose, Peter and Anne Conlon | London : Josef Weinberger, 1996 | Includes 13 original hymns and tunes, many with environmental themes |
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Seven Songs of Creation: Liturgies for Celebrating and Healing Earth (An Earth Bible Resource) | Habel, Norman C. | Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2004 | Contains 20 environmentally themed songs, most with music |
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Touch the Earth Lightly: New Hymns Written Between 2003 and 2008 | Murray, Shirley Erena | Carol Stream, IL: Hope Publishing Company, 2008 | Includes 60 original hymns and tunes, many with environmental themes |
Liturgies
| Cover | Title | Author | City: Publisher, Date | Notes |
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Celebrating Earth Holy Days: A Resource Guide for Faith Communities | Clark, Susan J. | New York: Crossroad, 1992 | Contains a “Liturgy for the Earth” (pp. 94-96) |
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Celebrating the Earth: An Earth-Centered Theology of Worship with Blessings, Prayers, and Rituals | McCarthy, Scott | San Jose, Calif.: Resource Publications, 1991 | Contains four liturgies, one for each of the seasons |
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Creation and Liturgy: Studies in Honor of H. Boone Porter | McMichael, Ralph N., Jr. | Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1993 | A collection of essays on the topic of “creation and liturgy” |
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“Eco-Justice Liturgics.” In Theology for Earth Community, 250-64 | Ingram, Beryl | Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1996 | An essay that provides guidelines and bibliographies to help incorporate ecological emphases into Christian worship |
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“Liturgy at the Heart of Creation: Towards an Ecological Consciousness in Prayer.” In Ecological Challenge, 67-82 | Fragomeni, Richard N. | Collegeville, Minn: Liturgical Press, 1994 | An essay that attempts to rework liturgy and prayer in a way that is faithful to both the Genesis creation texts and the modern scientific understandings of the origins of the world |
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A “Liturgy of the Earth.” In Blessed Simplicity, 197-200 | Panikkar, Raimundo | New York: Seabury Press, 1982 | An earth themed liturgy |
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Seven Songs of Creation: Liturgies for Celebrating and Healing Earth (An Earth Bible Resource) | Habel, Norman C. | Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2004 | Contains seven creation-themed liturgies, complete with scripture texts and reflections |
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“These Stones Shall Be God’s House: Tools for Earth Liturgy.” In Earth Habitat, 173-83 | Messenger, Troy | Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001 | An essay that provides tools and guidelines for developing earth-centered liturgies |
Sermons and Preaching
| Cover | Title | Author | City: Publisher, Date | Notes |
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The Best Preaching on Earth: Sermons on Caring for Creation | Edited by Stan L. LeQuire | Valley Forge, Pa: Judson Press, 1996 | Contains 22 sermons on creation care |
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Crisis and the Renewal of Creation: World and Church in the Age of Ecology | Edited by Jeffrey Golliher and William Bryant Logan | New York: Continuum, 1996 | A collection of 22 ecologically-themed sermons |
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Earth and Word: Classic Sermons on Saving the Planet | Edited by David M. Rhoads | London: Continuum, 2007 | Contains 36 environmentally-themed sermons |
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For Creation’s Sake: Preaching, Ecology, and Justice | Edited by Dieter T. Hessel | Philadelphia: Geneva Press, 1985 | A collection of essays on preaching from an eco-justice perspective |
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Nature Sermons | Jefferson, Charles Edward | New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1925 | A collection of sermons that draw their inspiration from an aspect or feature of the natural world |
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Preaching Creation: Throughout the Church Year | Phillips, Jennifer M. | Cambridge, Mass.: Cowley Publications, 2000 | Environmentally themed reflections and commentary on every scripture reading from the three-year lectionary cycle |
Scripture Resources
| Cover | Title | Author | City: Publisher, Date | Notes |
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The Earth Bible Volume 1: Readings from the Perspective of Earth | Edited by Norman C. Habel | Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000 | The Earth Bible Series is an excellent collection of essays that reinterpret key biblical passages from an eco-justice perspective |
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The Earth Bible Volume Two: The Earth Story in Genesis | Edited by Norman C. Habel and Shirley Wurst | Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000 | |
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The Earth Bible Volume Three: The Earth Story in Wisdom Traditions | Edited by Norman C. Habel and Shirley Wurst | Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001 | |
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The Earth Bible Volume Four: The Earth Story in the Psalms and the Prophets | Edited by Norman C. Habel | Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001 | |
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The Earth Bible Volume Five: The Earth Story in the New Testament | Edited by Norman C. Habel and Vicky Balabanski | Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002 |
Special Occasions
| Cover | Title | Author | City: Publisher, Date | Notes |
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Celebrating the Earth: An Earth-Centered Theology of Worship with Blessings, Prayers, and Rituals | McCarthy, Scott | San Jose, Calif.: Resource Publications, 1991 | Contains four seasonally themed liturgies, as well as a number of prayers, blessings, and meditations for a variety of occasions |
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Our World, God’s World: Reflections for Advent and the Christmas Season on the Environment | Wood, Barbara | Cincinnati: Forward Movement Publications, 1986 | Environmentally themed reflections on various scriptures passages for Christmas and advent |
Tips/Guidelines
| Cover | Title | Author | City: Publisher, Date | Notes |
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Greening Congregations Handbook: Stories, Ideas, and Resources for Cultivating Creation Awareness and Care in Your Congregation | Barnett, Tanya Marcovna | Seattle, WA: Earth Ministry, 2002 | Includes a section with tips for incorporating environmental emphases into worship services |