tomorrow Sunday April 22...is Earth Day
Blind Beggar, Rick Meigs offers some great ideas on how faith communities can less there impact on the environment. Ancient monastic communities seemed to live in relationship with the environment that surrounded them.
This, I believe is an awakening call to the Christian in the street, to an environmental ethic and through this a recognition of the problems that our own planet faces.
The Celtic Church had a deep connection to the world around it. As farmers and labourers they would’ve understood the seasons, how to work the land which they tended and cared for. They could see the goodness of the creator in his creation; some early writings show a deep and vibrant love of the environment, an understanding of God at work in their surroundings and in their everyday life.
As a congregation, as part of the body of Christ we need to accept responsibility for our environment, that is too say God creation. If we can do this we are more than likely to put renewed effort into caring and tending for our local surroundings.
Anyway Rick has started the ball rolling with come great ideas...and looks forward to some added conversation...over here.
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