June 2015 Archives

Faithful Call to #ActOnClimate Change

June 28, 2015

This past Friday I finally completed the "public expression" portion of the eco-theology project for the GreenFaith Fellowship. The presentation is accessible at GreenBahai.com. It addresses the following topics from an multi-faith perspective:

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  • Highlight key themes in religious responses to climate change:
    • Love of Creation
    • Urgency
    • Love and Compassion
    • Justice
    • Oneness and Interdependence
  • Call to Action – statements and declarations
  • Prevention
  • International Action
  • Awareness and Advocacy
  • Taking Action

In Celebration of Laudato Si

June 21, 2015

I've spent the weekend preparing a presentation on the Bahá'í Center of Irving on this coming Friday evening.

Joining so many others in the worldwide faith communities, I am overjoyed at the Pope's encyclical Laudato Si, which came out officially just a few days ago. Although I will not be saying much about it, it is a large part of the inspiration for the up-coming presentation. And I would like to share the heart-achingly beautiful second paragraph:

This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her. We have come to see ourselves as her lords and masters, entitled to plunder her at will. The violence present in our hearts, wounded by sin, is also reflected in the symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, in the water, in the air and in all forms of life. This is why the earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she "groans in travail" (Rom 8:22). We have forgotten that we ourselves are dust of the earth (cf. Gen 2:7); our very bodies are made up of her elements, we breathe her air and we receive life and refreshment from her waters.

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