Like a Tree Planted by the Water: Standing Firm in Climate Justice

Like a Tree Planted by the Water:    Standing Firm in Climate Justice    

Jeremiah 17:7-8, Matthew 13:31                                    

Susan Stephenson, Executive Director, California Interfaith Power and Light

April 27, 2025

Jeremiah 17:7-8:

"But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit”. 

 Matthew 13: 31: 

Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.

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