tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263564892771726234.post7323878416690833676..comments2024-02-10T00:32:06.186-08:00Comments on Lutherans Restoring Creation Blog: Reflection on Readings for Fifth Sunday after Pentecost by Dr. Dennis OrmsethUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263564892771726234.post-27447257466383334252022-05-26T03:43:45.032-07:002022-05-26T03:43:45.032-07:00Thanks foor thisThanks foor thisGail Hayshttps://www.gailhays.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263564892771726234.post-8806488595059545292011-07-13T08:21:49.414-07:002011-07-13T08:21:49.414-07:00Dr. David Rhoads comments:
I was struck by many th...Dr. David Rhoads comments:<br />I was struck by many things in Dennis’ excellent commentary this week. In particular, I was struck by the way in which the texts urge us to cease and desist destruction of Earth. I have been reflecting lately on the dark side of our lives that does in fact injure the earth. We do not like to see it, but it is there. We are in denial. Virtually everything we do has a dark side to it that is destructive of Earth. We drive to church and give out carbon emissions. We eat fruit transported from a distance. We discard the packaging from a book we received in the mail. We toss the cellophane wrapping our food came in. We buy a book or print a paper we want to read and use up a tree. We get the daily newspaper. We wash dishes and do the laundry, brush our teeth and flush the toilet, depleting the water supply and using energy for purifying. We turn on the lights, have a fan going, and have heat and air conditioning—and contribute to global climate change. We buy a shirt or a pair of shoes or coffee made under conditions destructive or people and land. We are so enmeshed in habits and systems of destruction that we cannot even see them. <br /><br />There is almost nothing we do that does not have a dark side. I am afraid of being in denial. How can we become acutely aware of all these things and seek to minimize them in any way we can? If we are the children of God being revealed as those who care for groaning creation, then this practice is a spiritual vocation we need to embrace now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com