To break that spell, (of inaction regarding environmental concerns) to
wake us up to the love of neighbor demanded both by Jesus and by the physics and
chemistry of our predicament, will take something shocking. The evangelicals
delivered with their statement, and there are signs that they're prepared to go
farther. I'm not sure what a comparable gesture from the mainline would look
like, but I have a hunch that it would resemble the civil rights movement. That
is, churchpeople in jail, arrested for protesting outside Environmental
Protection Agency offices and coal-fired power plants. That is, churches
demanding deep and dramatic changes from parishioners: walk to church or come on a bus, or in a carpool at the very least. Most of all, since this is a mass
problem that will be helped only by mass action, we need to make it clear that
any politician whose plan doesn't call for cutting carbon by half or more simply
hasn't understood the situation, or has understood it and sold out.
Musings from a mystical, eco-Anabaptist exploring the intersections of Christian discipleship, creation connection, masculine spirituality, liminality, and communal ritual space for transformation.
July 19, 2006
"Acts of God" have become "Acts of Humankind"
An article written in the Christian Century by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben exploring what the Christian role should be in response to the Global Warming epidemic. Here is a summary of the article but I strongly encourage you to read it in its entirety:
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