The President of the United States is currently weighing whether or not to withdraw our nation from the Paris climate accord.\u00a0Political leaders within our country\u00a0are skeptical about the science behind climate change and its causes.\u00a0 One congressman said this past week:<\/a> “As a Christian, I believe that there is a creator in God who is much bigger than us.\u00a0 And I’m confident that, if there’s a real problem, he can take care of it.”<\/p>\n

I’m a Christian, too.\u00a0 And I think God has placed this problem squarely in our laps.<\/p>\n

For the last five or six months I have been blogging fairly infrequently, because I’ve been working hard to put into words why it is important for people of faith to care about what is happening to our planet.\u00a0 My new book, All Earth Is Waiting<\/a>, will come out this fall along with a daily devotional for the season of Advent.\u00a0I’ve spent countless hours pouring over the scriptures and asking how we are called to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in the world today.<\/p>\n

One of the primary scriptures for the book is from Paul’s letter to the Romans.\u00a0 In chapter 8, we find these words:<\/p>\n

The whole creation waits breathless with anticipation for the revelation of God\u2019s sons and daughters.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice \u2013 it was the choice of the one who subjected it \u2013 but in the hope that the creation itself will be set free from slavery to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of God\u2019s children. <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The earth is waiting for us to let go of our selfish ways and begin acting like the children of God. It is waiting for us to hold in our hearts a vision of an interconnected world and to remember that every part of this planet tells of God\u2019s goodness. It is waiting for us to see the sacred worth of the elements, the flora, and the\u00a0fauna; to live gently as stewards and protectors. The life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the source of our hope and it has and will transform our lives.\u00a0 But once it does, we are supposed to truly live as God’s children. Paul reminds us in this passage the world is waiting for us.\u00a0Only then will creation be set free.<\/p>\n

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The President of the United States is currently weighing whether or not to withdraw our nation from the Paris climate accord.\u00a0Political leaders within our country\u00a0are skeptical about the science behind climate change and its causes.\u00a0 One congressman said this past week: “As a Christian, I believe that there is a creator in God who is…<\/span><\/p>\n

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