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Insatiable is not sustainable (as a bumper sticker rightly says). \u00a0So, on this Solemnity of Pentecost, why not ponder how the Holy Spirit might call us, in our small ways, to join in \u201crenewing the face of the earth\u201d? \u00a0And why not begin with a check-list for our worship practices and see what greening can be done, right in our sanctuaries, in the heart of the gathered assembly ready to pray, once again, Psalm 104. \u00a0A check-list for your congregation can be found at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.letallcreationpraise.org\/liturgy\/worship-checklist\">http:\/\/www.letallcreationpraise.org\/liturgy\/worship-checklist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 104 reminds us that in worship, we join with the whole universe which sings to God; our human voices are but a tiny part of a vast symphony that includes not only the birds that might sing in our backyard but also the waves of the world ocean and the movements of the galaxies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,91,187],"tags":[1391,119,767,1392,1393],"class_list":["post-9986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liturgical-spirituality","category-liturgical-year","category-social-justice","tag-creation","tag-environment","tag-pentecost","tag-psalm-104","tag-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pentecost: \u201cLord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth\u201d - Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/11\/pentecost-\u201clord-send-out-your-spirit-and-renew-the-face-of-the-earth\u201d\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pentecost: \u201cLord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth\u201d - Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Psalm 104 reminds us that in worship, we join with the whole universe which sings to God; 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