I've been pretty nonexistent on here lately. It's certainly not due to a lack of passion about this issue, but lately I have struggled with "the next steps." I think for a while I have felt a stirring to pursue something "big." For whatever reason, I've been putting it off. Well, a couple of things have happened.
First, the church I serve (www.jacksonfumc.org) committed to host the "Hope for Creation" Simulcast on April 21st at 6:30 p.m. (CST). This was even accomplished without my cajoling, and I'm very excited about it. You can see more about the simulcast here: www.blessedearth.org
Second, the conference in which I serve has a creation care team that I have been a member of but on which I have done very little. The other day, one of my closest friends shared with me that at the last meeting (which I didn't attend - a cautionary tale) we were nominated to have more responsibilities. He's pumped about it, and so am I. This blog may become a larger forum for this work, and he might even become a co-contributor.
So, the big thing is I want to help bring curbside recycling to my community. I have really no idea how to accomplish this. We have some recycling, but honestly it's pretty meager especially considering our size and resources. All I really know is we generally live in a society where if enough people want something badly enough it tends to happen. So I hope I can be a catalyst for this. If anyone reading this has accomplished such a goal, please tell me how.
I also hope to post each day during Holy Week to make up (slightly) for my dismal record lately.
Weekly Green Thought
"I do not worship matter. I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake, who willed to take His abode in matter, who worked out my salvation through matter...Because of this I salute all remaining matter with reverence, because God has filled it with his grace and power. Through it my salvation has come to me." John of Damascus, On the Divine Images 1:16
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