by Paul Yanosy
The title of this post borrows from Gary Haugen's path-breaking book, Good News About Injustice (one of 3 or 4 books that set the course of my life). At bottom, the good news about injustice is that God is against it - and calls us to join him in His efforts.
I am coming to believe there is something similar going on with our care for creation as well. The good news about environmental abuse and poor stewardship of the creation is that God is against it, and we should be too. Read the entire article backed with numerous Scripture references.
Quotes
“In God’s wilderness lies the hope of the world – the great fresh, unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and the wounds heal ere we are aware.” -- John Muir
"To know something about trees--about even one tree--is to know something profound about the nature of the world and our place in it." -- Gerald Jonas
"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out that there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is." -- Albert Camus
Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television, and the chance to find a pasque-flower is a right as inalienable as free speech. -- Aldo Leopold (1886-1948)
"We will do better in all aspects of life if we learn to "let go" of all we hold so tightly to and realize that control is a myth and striving for it is insanity." -- Donna L. Watkins
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