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Last week I posted a video similar to this one. I think I like this one more. Maybe for what it says about my faith and also for what it says about the future generation.
I’m all for making the world a better place.
This is from the blog Its all about Me.
The comments to the post mostly agree that this is a clever joke that drawsattention to a horrible situation. And yeah, it’s a funny little comic, but more than that, this sucks.
Be sure to check out the rest of the blog over at Its all about Me.
I am bad at keeping up with all the news. Firefox opens to BBC news every time I go online, but still, headline scanning doesn’t always cover it. So, I really like little video clips like this one.
It’s a lot of oil. It’s not too encouraging that this other story from today’s news is about further complications. Not that this isn’t anything that you don’t already know. But the reason I am posting is to point out a pretty cool response to all this oil. It’s an article by a guy named Russel D. Moore who does stuff down at Southern Baptist Seminary. In it he writes about the Gulf of Mexico and what the Christian response should be. I could so relate to his feelings on evangelicals and the environment:
Some conservatives, and some conservative evangelicals, act as though “environmentalism” is by definition “liberal” or even just downright silly. Witness a lot of the evangelical rhetoric across social media on Earth Day a while back: mostly Al Gore jokes and wisecracks about cutting down trees or eating endangered species as a means of celebration.
In the article, Moore appeals to conservatives economic sensibilities by going beyond just the environmental issues that the spill is causing, but also issues regarding fishing, shrimping and tourism. And that’s great and all, but what really got me was the way in which Moore closed:
We need the creation around us, including the waters and all they contain, because we are not gods. We are creatures who thrive when we live as we were made to live. We exercise dominion over the creation not only when we use it, but also when we conserve it for the generations who will come after.
So pray for the Gulf Coast, that the oil wouldn’t devastate a people and a land already devastated by so much. As you do, remember: real conservatives protect what God loves.
Amen, right? I am just a little but thrilled that evangelicals are getting it. You should really read the article. It’s nice and short and also important.
Just after I read Moore’s article, Sojourners prompted me via my inbox to write a letter to the President and to the Senate urging them to … well, the folks at Sojo put it this way: “Tell the Senate and President Obama: This oil spill is a giant wake-up call. We need energy and climate legislation that protects, not exploits, our environment.” So I did. I wrote the President and the Senate a letter. Of course I think you should tell them about it too. Sojourners has a nice little letter written for you that you can just sign if you like, or switch it up, choose your own adventure style. Again I just think it’s pretty important. It’s why I have a blog.
