Quotation for your Meditation

“Through the waters of our baptism, we are reminded of how God's redeeming grace cleanses and renews us. God provides all of creation with safe water for good reason. Clean water is essential to health and habitat. It keeps us hydrated, healthy, and turns our homes, our recreation sites, and work spaces into safe places. Most of us cannot imagine living without clean safe water. Yet, this is a reality for many communities ... It is our firm conviction that faith communities must uphold a sacred trust to rightly share water among all peoples and all of creation.”

Creation Justice Ministries *(https://www.creationjustice.org/water.html) 

Suggestions for Personal Action

Annually, March 22 is World Water Day. Globally, 2.2 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water. According to the World Resources Institute climate change is likely to increase this number. The theme of World Water Day this year is Water and Climate Change. *( https://www.worldwaterday.org/). Read over the sections: Learn, Share, Act.

We may have an abundance of clean drinking water, but others do not. For us to value our abundance means not wasting water: low flow shower heads, toilets that use less water, etc. It can also mean supporting efforts to bring clean water to other parts of the world that do not have it. One such effort is located here *(https://water.org/). Consider donating to its work providing clean drinking water in parts of the world where it is difficult to access. This organization receives a top four star rating from Charity Navigator *(https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/582060131).