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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Science, Creation Care, re-enchantment and re-connection with our natural world

Cheryl Bridges Johns of the Church of God Theological Seminary on creation care and reconnecting to the natural world:

“I believe that we can re-enchant the world,” she said. “As a person of faith, I believe I can live an enchanted life of faith, a spirited life, where I see, sometimes as the ancient Celts, that the veil between this world and the world that is to come getting very, very thin in certain places. And sometimes I see that in nature and it’s a glorious expression of that which is to come.

So creation care and caring for creation, to me, means that we become enchanted, we become re-enchanted,” Johns continued. “We can be great scientists and wonder. We can be astute physicians and wonder. We can be wonderful people, who are teachers and lawyers and pastors, and wonder, can’t we?”

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