Reflections

It's been a long time since I've posted anything here! But I have started taking seminary classes and wanted to share this essay I recently wrote. Happy Earth Day! Giant Sequoia Photo by Nina Luong on Unsplash I have sweet childhood memories of driving with my family through the Sierra Nevada mountains singing "How Great Thou Art" and "Majesty" on our way to Hume Lake. We always sensed God's presence in the mountains. My mother in particular taught us to take the joy we felt and turn it into worship of the one who created it all. I was raised to look for and rejoice in God's glory in the night sky and the ocean's horizons, but my convictions get messier when I think about climate change, environmental regulations, and public policies. Can you relate? Whether we like it or not, talking about the health of this planet we all live on can trigger our emotions and stir disagreement, denial, indignation, or disillusionment. However, as followers of Je...