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Quotations from Earth Issue There is communion with
God, The destruction of the world around us is a
reflection of not being "God centered" as human beings.
Christ, as both God and man, is our center, our truth and our
life. The pollution and defilement we encounter exists th rough
ignorance or rejection of God. I know I am made from this earth, as my
mother's hands were made from this earth, as her dreams were made
from this earth, and this paper, these hands, this tongue
speaking, all that I know speaks to me through this earth and I
long to te ll you, you who are earth too, and listen as we speak
to each other of what we know: the light is in us. What we call the environmental crisis is not
merely a crisis in the natural environment of human beings. It is
nothing less than a crisis in human beings themselves When Mount Everest was scaled the phrase
commonly used in the West to describe the feat was "the
conquest of Everest." An Oriental whose writings have been
deeply influenced by Taoism remarked, "We would put the
matter differently. We would speak of the `befriending of
Everest.' ... to deny the reality of an
environmental crisis is an enormous mistake for those who worship
the Creator. Such a denial neglects a major human responsibility
and withholds the gospel from one of the places where it most
needs to be heard. Every added protection against the natural
world contributes its bit to the steadily building illusion of
independence from nature, so that in time that greatest of
illusions is erected; the omnipotence of man. The New Prosperity requires a new language.
This new language is primarily the language of the earth, a
language of living relationships that extend throughout the
universe. To know that with all that we are and all that
we have we are God's stewards is the answer to a particularly
deep yearning of the time in which we live, namely the yearning
for a vita nova, a complete renewal of our life. It is forbidden to live in a city that
does not have greenery. From coast to coast, desert to woodland, The
Native peoples perceive themselves to be an integral part of the
Creation. Native languages talk of the Creation in family terms
such as "Mother Earth," "Grandmother Moon,"
"The Grandfather Winds." To wipe out unnecessarily whole species of
those creatures over whom we exercise stewardship is to betray
that stewardship and to impoverish the experience of God. It is a
crime against our Creator. The Living Pulpit, Inc. |
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