Wednesday's thoughts on Sunday's sermon

I have been thinking about what might motivate us to think about the world we live in and how to become responsible stewards of it. So much of what we have to do to respond to climate change is in the distant tense that it's difficult to be oriented to respond. It is much easier to go about the way we have been doing what we do thinking little about the people who will follow us and the consequences of our neglect.

Even around the church we have a group called the Green Team and they are lay people who are tying to get our staff and members to recycle and compost. It has been really difficult for us to get into our heads how we should do this. Some of our response reflect resistance but most of all it is just a matter of habit.

I think, in the long run we will want to keep in mind the faces of our high school graduates whom we will be honoring this Sunday. If we can remember that we are building a future for them and that they will inherit from us the best we can do to give them a world they can take and work with we will have succeeded in being good stewards of the earth that we have inherited from our parents.

The problems we have created in the world, most of them, are the result of neglect rather than hostile intent. We have failed to realize what we could have done and were not prepared to act in a manner that is earth friendly.

What could wake us up is the constant reminder that we have the obligation to "pay it forward" in gratitude for what has been handed down.

Worry is God's "wake up"

The Word is God's "shake up"

and The Word becomes flesh is God's "make up cause"

We can change the world if we mobilize ourselves to do it.

What the youth of today remind us to do is to find our cause, to wake up to it, and to shake up our complacency and get it done.

What do you think is keeping us from it?

If you have thoughts on this write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. If you are willing to share your thoughts with the readers of the blog click on the 'comments' box below.

I look forward to hearing from you.


Charles Schuster