Comments on: Who Is Creation Waiting For? http://deepgreenconversation.org/who-is-creation-waiting-for/ Sun, 16 May 2010 05:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Doug & Jan in CO http://deepgreenconversation.org/who-is-creation-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Doug & Jan in CO Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:18:23 +0000 http://deepgreenconversation.org/who-is-creation-waiting-for/#comment-228 My wife and I have been committed to the environmental movement for many years. We are so happy that mainstream Christians are finally becoming awake to our responsibility to care for God's creation. God has called us to be stewards of ALL his creation, not just humanity. The world around us is a gift, which He gave to us freely, lovingly. However, as with any gift, there is a responsibility attached. In this case, it is to use His gift wisely, fairly, and give back in equal measure what we receive. When we reach out to His creation, we have the blessed opportunity to touch Him through His work. How rare and wonderful is that? As Christians, we decry the rampant consumerism which dominates our society, and the environmental cost it brings with it. Such selfishness flies in the face of Jesus' call to us to stand apart from the world's temptations and to live His word. Jesus had no place to lay His head, yet we tolerate a society in which the poor and dispossessed are outcasts, while wealth, power and position are measured in how many houses one has, in "conspicuous consumption". Committing to environmental responsibility is a part of fulfilling His call to care for the "strangers among us". In this century, those are the poor, the immigrant, those who are economically marginalized by society. Not surprisingly, these are also the people who suffer most from enviromental degradation, as they do not have the means to live and work in healthy neighborhoods. As global warming impacts more and more regions, these are the people who will be displaced from their homes and their livelihoods. It won't be the wealthy in their gated communities who will suffer. It will be working class people like us. We see environmental stewardship as a means of following His call to care for all our neighbors, though they be strangers to us, as we would care for Him. Thank you for your insight, and the work that you do. Let Your Light Shine, and Pray For Peace! Doug & Jan Parker My wife and I have been committed to the environmental movement for many years. We are so happy that mainstream Christians are finally becoming awake to our responsibility to care for God’s creation. God has called us to be stewards of ALL his creation, not just humanity. The world around us is a gift, which He gave to us freely, lovingly. However, as with any gift, there is a responsibility attached. In this case, it is to use His gift wisely, fairly, and give back in equal measure what we receive. When we reach out to His creation, we have the blessed opportunity to touch Him through His work. How rare and wonderful is that?

As Christians, we decry the rampant consumerism which dominates our society, and the environmental cost it brings with it. Such selfishness flies in the face of Jesus’ call to us to stand apart from the world’s temptations and to live His word. Jesus had no place to lay His head, yet we tolerate a society in which the poor and dispossessed are outcasts, while wealth, power and position are measured in how many houses one has, in “conspicuous consumption”.

Committing to environmental responsibility is a part of fulfilling His call to care for the “strangers among us”. In this century, those are the poor, the immigrant, those who are economically marginalized by society. Not surprisingly, these are also the people who suffer most from enviromental degradation, as they do not have the means to live and work in healthy neighborhoods. As global warming impacts more and more regions, these are the people who will be displaced from their homes and their livelihoods. It won’t be the wealthy in their gated communities who will suffer. It will be working class people like us.

We see environmental stewardship as a means of following His call to care for all our neighbors, though they be strangers to us, as we would care for Him.

Thank you for your insight, and the work that you do.

Let Your Light Shine, and Pray For Peace!

Doug & Jan Parker

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