Pastor's Corner 17 Jul 2007 06:51 pm
Consideration required…
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I’m going to gripe yet again about a church sign. This one reads, “Prayer—a renewable energy source!” I’m sure the people behind these words thought they were being cute, but considering the real trouble we are facing on this planet, I don’t find it cute at all. I find it frustrating—instead of genuinely addressing the issue, they poked fun at it.And while I would encourage you to pray, I would also encourage you to really look at how you are expending your energy resources every day. Where can you cut back? How can you help the planet instead of contributing to its destruction? Are you reusing and recycling? God created us to be a part of this planet—to live in harmony with all the other living things that are here. He did not give us a license to trash it. More importantly, he commanded us to care for it:“Then God said, ‘Let us make human beings in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground’”. Rule, as in care for; not rule, as in destroy. I hope you will consider what impact you are making on this wonderful gift that God bestowed upon us.
on 21 Jul 2007 at 7:38 pm 1.Lindsey @ enjoythejourney said …
Hey there!
We chatted awhile back via email regarding my personal struggles with church when you invited me to try out Hillel. At the time, I couldn’t meet due to my then-current obligations in our children’s ministry. I’d love to come and visit now that it is over. We’re still floundering with the faith. My 25 years as a Quaker, then turned Southern Baptist for 5 has seriously screwed me up in many ways. I have such a feeling to return “home” to the Quaker ways (or should that reat to thee Quaker ways LOL). But I am not wanting to return to my former meeting for many, many reasons.
Shoot me an email and let me know if you guys are meeting and when/where. I’d like to check it out.
on 05 Aug 2007 at 7:32 pm 2.Alan said …
Now out of any of theses posts, This of course would be the one to get a response
I wish more people thought about the larger impact of their acts. You throw away your soda bottle, that is one less portion of space in our landfill, and more resources required to make a new bottle… But let me stop on this path before I lose my point.
That was, that people should try to think beyond themselves and the immediate future. What will buying this product or doing this action cause? What company or industry will you be supporting?
If we look back to what April was talking about, she’s right. God ‘gave’ us the land to care for. Care for as in be responsible with, not do whatever we want to. If we can keep that in mind, I think everyone would be making positive change.