It was a great conversation on Sunday about the earth as neighbor. Thanks again to Genny Rowley for poking her head out of thesis-land to share with us. A couple of things came up that I wanted to follow up on. First, Genny mentioned a retreat for the Interfaith Dallas Environmental Action group. It will on Saturday, July 28th, at …
Undone by Love: The Earth (Program and Sermon)
Program Genny’s Introduction The journey of becoming an ecotheologian of sorts began for me through caring about people: I have a distinct memory from my first semester of coursework at Brite, where I was reading a text by Eleazar Fernandez where he asks the question: What does it mean to have hearts as large as the world? I was already …
Undone by Love: The Earth
It seems that as I think about this series more and more, I keep circling back to the question asked in the Luke 10 version of the greatest commandment story: “Who is my neighbor?” It’s a reasonable question. If we are to love our neighbor, surely we should know who that is. The answer, presented in the parable of the …