Ms Steph Bryant
Youth and Schools Programme Co-Director,
The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion
Our view of the stars fosters wonder, through grandeur:
the sense of a cosmos within God’s embrace;
from infinite chaos we’ve grown on this planet
to learn, live and care, an inquisitive race.
We thrive as God nurtures our fragile existence,
our life is related to all life on earth,
and each generation must deepen in knowledge,
yet guard against arrogance in our own worth.
God give us compassion to live with our neighbours,
to value each species, conserve, and renew;
to challenge those actions that lead to destruction,
to cherish and never take more than our due.
And these are the gifts we must share with our children,
compassionate love and a God-given grace,
this love with no limits pervades all creation
from oceans and forests to infinite space.
Andrew Pratt 14/6/2021
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Metre: 12.11.12.11
Tune: STREETS OF LAREDO
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