Dipping my toe in the green water
February 5, 2007 12:00 am UncategorizedI am a skeptical environmentalist- I believe that the “green lobby” is as power grabbing as any other special interest group. I also believe that a lot of what passes for green is elitist.
Nobody is against the earth. Who besides Stewie from the Family Guy, or Ren & Stimpy would actually say “I’m out to destroy the earth”. It’s like inviting a few friends over to club some baby seals. It’s easy to become elitist when anyone who disagrees with you looks evil.
That said, I have been doing some thinking lately about how I personally can be a better steward of the part of the earth that God has graciously provided for me to. It boils down, for me, to pursuing Christ’s reign in ALL of life.
My theory on it is similar to the log/speck analogy. I’m not going to run around telling anyone else about the speck in their ecology, just gonna look for ways to quietly whittle down the log in mine.
My hope is that I can bring some compassion and kindness for human beings, (currently sometimes callously written off as parasites on the earth, rather than reflections of the the glory of God) to people who may grow to respect me a little when they see by my actions that I care about the earth too.
