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    Music of the Spheres: Hymns on Loving and Tending the Earth
    Music of the Spheres: Hymns on Loving and Tending the Earth
    Music of the Spheres: Hymns on Loving and Tending the Earth
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    Music of the Spheres: Hymns on Loving and Tending the Earth

    By John Zehring

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    “Music of the Spheres” contains twenty meditations and stories of hymns about loving and tending the earth. The title of this book is drawn from the hymn “This Is My Father’s World” and is also inspired by Psalm 24:1 – “The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it.” Notice the apostrophe: Father’s. Lord’s. Possessive case. The earth is God’s, not ours. We are its stewards. We manage the earth on behalf of the one who entrusts it to us.

    Ever increasing damage to the planet from climate change reminds how urgently we must respond to caring for God’s creation. The hymns we sing about God’s creation inspire the singers to love the earth because it is God’s. Those who love the earth will care for the earth, advocate for the earth’s health and future, and give of themselves in service to the One who entrusts to us the stewardship of our environment.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Zehring
    Release dateApr 15, 2020
    ISBN9780463897294
    Music of the Spheres: Hymns on Loving and Tending the Earth
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    John Zehring

    John Zehring has served United Church of Christ congregations as Senior Pastor in Massachusetts (Andover), Rhode Island (Kingston), and Maine (Augusta) and as an Interim Pastor in Massachusetts (Arlington, Harvard). Prior to parish ministry, he served in higher education, primarily in development and institutional advancement. He worked as a dean of students, director of career planning and placement, adjunct professor of public speaking and as a vice president at a seminary and at a college. He is the author of more than sixty books and is a regular writer for The Christian Citizen, an American Baptist social justice publication. He has taught Public Speaking, Creative Writing, Educational Psychology and Church Administration. John was the founding editor of the publication Seminary Development News, a publication for seminary presidents, vice presidents and trustees (published by the Association of Theological Schools, funded by a grant from Lilly Endowment). He graduated from Eastern University and holds graduate degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary, Rider University, and the Earlham School of Religion. He is listed in Marquis' WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA and is a recipient of their Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. John and his wife Donna live in two places, in central Massachusetts and by the sea in Maine.

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