"Soul and Soil" at Rural Life Day 2014
Join the conference on December 6, 2014 in Jefferson City, Missouri by registering for the day-long event.
Here is the full conference statement:
How we treat our farms, forests, mineral resources, and waters, how we structure our food systems, even what we eat day-to-day are all within our control and by these actions we are tied to the economic, political, and ecological order of our planet.
At its core, the interlocking global environmental, climate, food, and natu-ral resource crises are a moral challenge that calls us to examine and change the way we use and share the earth’s finite resources and deter-mines what we will pass on to future generations. How well we meet this fundamental moral challenge is a measure of our willingness to live in harmony with the Sacred Creation, which by the way, scripturally, does not belong to us, and it is a measure of our commitment to the well being, perhaps the very survival, of all people who live on the earth with us – who are our brothers and sisters. Leviticus reminds us that to the Creator we are all “strangers and guests.” We are called to see ourselves as pro-tectors and stewards of the Creation – every part of Creation – and to fully recognize that we are one human family that must live in a solidarity of stewardship with the very earth. This is a circular moral challenge that is about protecting both the human environment and the natural environ-ment.
Rural Life Day 2014 is focused on sharing today’s stories & yesterday’s history of how we use and misuse our world, getting a wide angle view of a planet in a rapidly changing climate. This day we will challenge our-selves to look soul deep and think critically about what we are called to do that can begin to heal the earth and bind the wounds we have inflicted on it and thus on each other.
Here is the full conference statement:
How we treat our farms, forests, mineral resources, and waters, how we structure our food systems, even what we eat day-to-day are all within our control and by these actions we are tied to the economic, political, and ecological order of our planet.
At its core, the interlocking global environmental, climate, food, and natu-ral resource crises are a moral challenge that calls us to examine and change the way we use and share the earth’s finite resources and deter-mines what we will pass on to future generations. How well we meet this fundamental moral challenge is a measure of our willingness to live in harmony with the Sacred Creation, which by the way, scripturally, does not belong to us, and it is a measure of our commitment to the well being, perhaps the very survival, of all people who live on the earth with us – who are our brothers and sisters. Leviticus reminds us that to the Creator we are all “strangers and guests.” We are called to see ourselves as pro-tectors and stewards of the Creation – every part of Creation – and to fully recognize that we are one human family that must live in a solidarity of stewardship with the very earth. This is a circular moral challenge that is about protecting both the human environment and the natural environ-ment.
Rural Life Day 2014 is focused on sharing today’s stories & yesterday’s history of how we use and misuse our world, getting a wide angle view of a planet in a rapidly changing climate. This day we will challenge our-selves to look soul deep and think critically about what we are called to do that can begin to heal the earth and bind the wounds we have inflicted on it and thus on each other.
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