#PrayerInPublicSpaces can feel hard on days like today, surrounded by traffic noise, isolated by tarmac from the earth, observing the bubbles of humanity distracted by the cares of the world. Today is what it feels like to be 'in the world' not 'of the world'
O Lord, open our lips
and our mouth shall proclaim your praise
In 2019 I replaced 860 car journeys of less than 8km with cycling. I enjoyed it. How much CO2 did I cut back on? 1720kg less than if I'd driven. I'm just one person.
I used these figures to estimate my calculation:
Manufacturer and running of a car (on average): 271g CO2 per km
Manufacturer and fuel (cake, pie, beer as fuel - on average): 21g CO2 per km
(estimate-heaven) ecf.com/news-and-event…
So each journey by bicycle reduced the carbon dioxide output of my travelling in @DioceseOfYork and (soon to be) @LeedsCofE by 10 times.
This is an emotional and intelligent film about the relationship between society, the car, and the way we turn a blind eye to knowing that 73 people are killed and injured by motorists on British roads every day. Every single day. Day after day after day
How should @churchofengland respond to this casual attitude to random and careless death?
The links between worship and the way Christians treat creation can inadvertently harm, or intentionally heal... Let my worship be in harmony with creation
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The only defining characteristic of parables is that there isn't one