[Oe List ...] Song video: Let the Earth Breathe

[Jann McGuire]

Beautiful Creation, Ellie and Chenoa.

Thank you!

Jann McGuire

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 3:08 PM Ellie Stock via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

> Hi Folks,
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> Holy Week/Easter/Earth Day-Month Greetings from St Louie!
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> I hope you all are doing well as we hope we are emerging slowly from the
> coronavirus pandemic and also hope for the effective, efficient and
> equitable distribution of the vaccine, not only in the US but globally.  We
> still have yet to put the same effort into addressing the
> environmental/climate change and racism/violence pandemics.
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> Along those themes, I wanted to share with you a link to a song video "Let
> the Earth Breathe" our daughter, Chenoa (who, now, working in Peru, has
> also worked in Bolivia, Sri Lanka, and India), and I worked on.  Some
> background.  After Carleton, and I "retired" in 2011, we decided we wanted
> to focus our work on addressing the environment from the Universe Story
> perspective.  In 2012 we decided to host a winter/spring environmental film
> series in Ferguson to start our effort, which included showing "Journey of
> the Universe".  The last program in May was not a film but the "Awakening
> the Dreamer" Symposium.  It was also part of the ICA 50th Anniversary
> Event.  For that event, I wrote the song "Let the Earth Breathe".  Out of
> that event came a core of people who were interested in pursuing
> environmental issues and eventually became the Ferguson Eco Team which is
> still active (and will be re-showing that film April 15).
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> Later that year Chenoa and I made an audio recording of our singing the
> song together (not professional--mainly just to have a record of it) which
> I sent out over the ICA list serve and was later included as part of the
> Ecumenical (Church of Australia) Season of Creation resource curriculum (
> www.seasonofcreation.org).  Since then, it has been used in several
> services and other events.  Over the years, as we have experienced the
> intersectionality of issues related to the environment, racism, pandemic,
> economic/social disparities, the song has taken on additional levels of
> meaning.  In 2020 Chenoa and I started working on photos that could
> accompany it.  We finished that in January, and Carleton and I used it for
> a zoom environmental session (1st of a four part environmental series) we
> did February 21 with Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, CO, coordinated
> and facilitated by Sherwood and Eunice Shankland. (Jim and OliveAnn Slotta
> were also present, commenting on their work related to the Accelerate Environmental
> Forums they are facilitating in the Denver area).
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> So, below is the link to the song video and attached are the music
> notation and lyrics.
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>  2.15.21 Let the Earth Breathe.mp4
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/15XF981ii5aQj-kGMY-5WXR92P541obf2/view?usp=drive_web>
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> Grapes and peas, be well, and Holy Week/Easter/Earth Day blessings!
>
> Ellie :)
> elliestock at aol.com
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