This Week's Topic
Earth Day is Every Day -- Evan Girvetz
Nature and people have always been intertwined, but today we have become greatly disconnected from nature and are pushing nature out of balance. We see this with the climate changing around us—from catastrophic wildfires and drought to heavy storms flooding people from their homes—nature is out of balance. We as local communities and together as a global society should be very concerned about this disconnection between people and nature, but it is not all gloom and doom. As a nature conservation scientist working on finding ways to help people cope with a changing climate, I have hope and faith in both nature and people. I see nature as resilient—more so than the societies we have built—and vital in sustaining our livelihoods. I see a change in human consciousness from nature as something separate from us to nature as something that is an integral part of everything we do—communities, governments, and even large corporations are beginning to recognize what nature gives to us: clean water, fresh air, food to eat, spiritual value. It is not about nature versus people, but about people and nature in partnership as one entity creating a resilient future for all life on earth. Earth Day is not just one day to celebrate nature, it is every day that nature is a part of us and we are a part of it.
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Coming Topics...
May 27: "Developing a Life Mission Statement” – Reverend Lois E. Van Leer
At a recent circle supper, the question of “what is my personal relationship to God or a higher power or the source of Life or Mystery?” For those who profess a type of Christianity, the answer is simple: a relationship with God is the core from which they live their lives. What is the answer to that question for UU’s? What is core for us and how do we live that relationship?