The whole creation cries to us penetratingly, with a great cry, about the existence and the beauty and the love of God. The music roars it into our ears and the landscape calls it into our eyes… In all of nature we find God’s initials and all of God’s creatures are God’s love letters to us.
Ernesto Cardenal
41When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. 42So Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. 43But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, 44and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. 45For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve ...
What does it mean to be in relationship with the earth ? How do we see the natural world around us and how do we treat it through our various everyday actions and decisions ?
If we follow Jesus' teaching here our relationship to the planet (just like our relationships with one another) is not about domination but mutual service. As a world we seek to serve one another and God. This means a recognition that we are part of creation, and not something apart or aloof from it.
So what might it mean for us to take Jesus' words here seriously in our relationship with the earth ?
The discussion started this morning but continues here ...
Peter
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