“If you want to save the Earth, teach your children to love nature.”
For the Sunday before Earth Day, we re-visited the familiar creation story from Genesis. Pastor Tracy argued that this was never intended as a factual explanation of where we came from. Rather, it was meant to instruct us on the importance of cherishing our connection to the natural world around us. Along the way, we learned about her adventures in worm farming (!) and that the assertion of “Creationism” is always attached to a political agenda.
“We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole. In my children’s memories, the adventures we’ve had together in nature will always exist.”