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• Joseph Bush, Worshiping in Season: Ecology and Christ Through the Liturgical Year (Rowman & Littlefield/Alban Books, 2022). We discussed the Introduction, Chapter 7 on Pentecost, and Conclusion of this forthcoming volume, centering in ecological grounding and implications of Pentecost, through the lens of appointed RCL texts and seasonal markers. • Kristen Daley-Mosier, “The Waters of Jesus’ Baptism: a Participatory Chain for the Jordan River Watershed, Then and Now.” This dissertation chapter explores three lenses by which to speak of water’s participation in the sacrament: water as sacramental/sanctified element, water as witness, and water at the heart of place-/watershed-based creaturely life. • Susan Smith, “Stations of the Earth.” This discussion explored emerging thinking around creation of Stations (modeled on the Stations of the Cross”) that invite contemplative attention to various dimensions of Earth’s sacred life, from distinctive features of the place in which the stations appear, to biblical teaching on creation or Incarnational/sacramental devotion. • Samuel Torvend, “Praying the Seasons of Life on God’s Earth,” chapter in forthcoming book Monastic Ecological Wisdom (Liturgical Press, 2023). This chapter explores ways the Rule of Benedict roots monastic prayer in daily and seasonal rhythms of created life, as well as biblical eco-/Sabbath-patterns, while resisting Roman imperialism.
