I must admit I did not expect Battle to make this turn but as I hear Tutu's words, a turn to the "green" makes sense.
The Bible sees us living harmoniously with God, with our fellow human beings, and with the rest of God's creation - and so, we must all be "green." We must be concerned about the environment, about pollution, about finding alternative sources of energy, about depleting irreplaceable resources, about the so-called hothouse effect, about damage to the ozone layer, about deforestation, about soil erosion, and the encroachment of the desert - for God has sent us in His world to be stewards of his bounty. We are meant to rule over God's world as God would rule - gently, compassionately, graciously, caringly. We are meant to leave the world a safer and better place than we found it.
I suppose if we are to take seriously this notion of community between me and you and every other part of the community, we must see ourselves within the blessed role of being caretakers of the whole creation - of which we are called to be a blessed gift. As we are reconciling ourselves to one another, it makes sense that we would be a reconciling power within creation - a people who see the necessity to dismantle lines and actions that can become abusive to any and all of creation. God's saving people are to have no limits to what it is that they seek to embrace so as to make all things well and good.
Connection: Did you ever think that simple acts of kindness toward the creation is a part of what it is to follow Jesus? Maybe we need to do more such thinking.
Creating God, as you pull us into the vast domain of your gracious Reign, expand our eyes and our minds so that we may continually catch a glimpse of the expansiveness of your creation and our place within all of it. Amen.
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