the creation waits…
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The Bible is an ally, not an adversary, in the task of re-learning how to care for creation.
The prophets in both testaments call out to us, rousing us from our ecocidal slumber.
The reflective poems, warning tales, grand sagas and radical histories of scripture summon us to remember our origins and the ways of our ancestors; they invite us to imagine and work for a restorative future; and they call us to liberate and heal ourselves and our home places.
To “see” these themes in scripture requires learning how to re-reading our sacred texts, and developing a capacity to research, teach and publish new perspectives.
Recycling, reducing energy use, and shopping responsibly are important, but much more is needed.
The work of the church is to nurture critical theological reflection at all levels.
This prompts personal healing and recovery work, Sabbath Economics (including life-skills training in sustainability such as gardening, canning, and foraging), and political organizing efforts grounded in the local watershed and impacting wider issues of social, food, and environmental justice.
For an exercise in re-placed theological imagination go here; for further reflection on this concept go here.
Be the church in your region by becoming a center for learning and loving local places as well as defending and restoring them.
All churchly practices, from prayer to liturgy and from Word to deed, help us deconstruct habits that objectify and exploit, and reconstruct our identity around connecting with God in this place and this time.
A watershed discipleship alliance can focus, amplify, and help build capacity for a Christian discipleship defined by commitment to healing our world by restoring the health of our respective watersheds. If we can “do our work” around these issues, we can not only recover the soul of our tradition, but will also make an enormous contribution to the wider historic struggle to reverse our ecological catastrophe.