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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Quote of the Day

I just thought that this one was funny and that many of you will be able to relate:


"I sometimes think my natural state is juggling, and that I ought to run away and join a circus."

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Quote of the Day

"A goal, is something you want and are taking realistic steps to attain.  A fantasy is something you want.  Period.”
Lawrence Block

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Important Lessons from the Bible

Why Jesus came:
"that the world might be saved through him"
John 3:17

Who Jesus is going to use to save the world:
"For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God."
Romans 8:19

Our role on earth:
"The LORD God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it."
Genesis 2:15

The Five Pillars of A Christian Theology of Sustainability

1. God is the creator, sustainer and redeemer of creation.

2. Covenantal Stewardship (we have a covenant with God as stewards of the earth).

3. The creation-fall-redemption paradigm (God made a good world; human failure broke the relationships between god, man and creation; Christ provides hope for all creation).

4.Bodily resurrection(we will rise with bodies, not as spirits)

5.New Creation (a new Heaven and new Earth refers to a renewal and an earthing of heaven, not starting over).

Adapted from When Enough is Enough: A Christian Framework for Environmental Sustainability, Edited by R.J. Berry, Published by Inter-Varsity Press, 2007, Nottingham p43+