January
I remember Janauary A month of bitter cold and snow when a heatwave meant the temperature rose above zero degrees fahrenheit but not until there were three weeks of subzero. This January, predicted to be warmer by the Farmer's Almanac, and wetter too is just ridiculously warm. Fifty degree temps day after day, more like March than January. Now a sudden, dangerous shift is forecast plunging temps with rain and ice. Ice storms are the worst. I believe that climate change is real and that we humans - given the care of the earth as if it were God's body, God's physical expression of creativity, God's gift to us, - are abusing it. Shame be upon us. I pray that we can change and make changes that restore health to the earth and along the way to all creatures of the earth, including humankind. God help us. Amen. Prayer poem and photo by Terri C. Pilarski