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I've got no more space in my head...

I’ve got no more space in my head…. Today there has been unprecedented public demonstrations in every time zone starting in the east Pacific and still unfolding now ( late in the evening here in the UK)on the western edge of the Americas.     I can’t remember a globally coordinated action like this ever before.   I took no part in it, and yet it was about the future of our planet…the global climate strike. There was simply too much in the forefront of my mind that took up my attention and time; all activities related to helping others, encouraging spiritual growth, pastoral visiting and care.    Like (nearly) everyone else I know the Climate Emergency is way past serious.   Yet I can’t quite bring myself to actually give a few hours of my time to protest in ways that many of my friends (and some fellow clergy) have done today.   I hadn’t thought of putting it in my diary ahead of time…to be honest I hadn’t really clocked it was happening until yesterday and yet I check the BB