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Yes, those are spring bulbs coming up. The temperatures have reached the mid-40’s. And while I enjoyed a couple of long walks in the sunshine this week, and the birds were singing as if it were the start of spring, it seems odd not to be wearing my winter jacket when I walk in January.
Perhaps it’s just our usual January thaw, but I wonder. I’ve never before had spring bulbs in that garden peek out of the ground this early. With all of the talk of climate change and Covenant’s upcoming sermon series Creation Care: Our Common Calling, I wonder if it’s just a January thaw. And all of the rains that have been blasting California this past week. And the super cold weather that much of the country, including Wisconsin, experienced in the days leading up to and through Christmas. It seems pretty evident that the world’s weather patterns have shifted and continue to shift. What’s happening? What is our responsibility as Christians to take care of what our Creator God has created? What is my responsibility? What is yours?
These are big questions, hard questions, but they still need to be asked. It is my hope and prayer that, together, we can delve more deeply into the questions so that, together, we can do more to protect the planet, our planet, God’s planet. And in the process, we’ll be taking better care of one another, and of ourselves.
Grateful to be learning together,
Pastor Clara, Parish Associate
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