7 Scriptural Keystones for Care of the Creation -- Happy 40th Earth Day!
Forty years ago was the first Earth Day, when members of developed countries gathered to act in concern about the pollution and litter in their midst. We met, changed our ways and our laws, and triumphed over these challenges to some extent, thinking we finished the job. But we didn’t recreate ourselves from the inside out, from roots of faith and inner values, and we didn’t engage all of the world as partners or act as concerned for developing countries as for ourselves. Ecology is the study and art of communities (natural communities that include people), built on the premises of strength through diversity in a connected whole, complementarity and solidarity, where all participants are needed, and everyone has a niche of contribution, no matter what species or how rich or poor or marginalized, no matter a person’s sex or religion. It's a concept that demands that everyone feel connected, able to participate and change for the common good, and through this everyone benefits, not j...