"We can regain our spiritual equilibrium. We can become the global neighborhood we imagine."

"Listen to what the elders say: you can hear the whole of creation groaning, groaning for positive change, groaning for balance and kinship. Our task is to move toward that sound. We can embody the change we seek. We can find balance by the choices we make. We can find kinship by the relationships we sustain. We can regain our spiritual equilibrium. We can become the global neighborhood we imagine. Listen to what the elders are saying and turn the song of creation from a lament to a great thanksgiving."

--The Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston, Native American/Indigenous Ministries of the Episcopal Church