09/21/2026
A Prayer to take pause on this International Day of Peace …
One Presence. One Life. One Living Earth.
There is One Presence and One Power—
the living, loving, intelligent Presence
that moves through all creation.
I enter this moment in reverence.
I breathe with the Earth.
I listen with the heart of the forest.
I become still with the mountains.
I flow with the rivers.
I rise with the winds.
I receive the warmth of the sun
and the mystery of the stars.
The life within me
is part of the Life within the tree.
The breath within me
is joined to the breath of every creature.
The waters within my body
belong to the great waters of Earth.
There is one Life expressing itself
as bird and bee,
whale and wolf,
flower and forest,
seed and soil,
ocean and cloud,
stone and starlight.
May peace awaken in the consciousness of humanity.
May we remember that the Earth is not merely something we inhabit,
but a sacred expression of Life itself.
May our thoughts become gentler.
May our choices become wiser.
May our hands become healing hands.
May our communities become places where life can flourish.
For every animal seeking shelter,
for every plant reaching toward the light,
for every forest breathing in silence,
for every river seeking the sea,
for every ocean carrying the ancient memory of Life—
I hold a consciousness of peace.
For the elements—
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water—
I offer gratitude and reverence.
For the heavens above us,
the stars beyond us,
and the vast cosmos within which we live,
I surrender my smallness into wonder.
Together let us affirm “Peace within, peace around, peace through all life.”
It is done.
Rev. Eliasa Sabogal, UEA Board President
*art credit TREE OF PEACE - JOSEPHINE WALL