Today’s Celtic Lent thought has us focussing on creation.
Yesterday we were reminded that the Celtic Christians took a non-duality approach to life. Today we remember that they believed that all of creation is being reconciled back to God through the work of Jesus and not just humanity.

When I discovered this a few years ago it became clear top me that my rhythm of life had to have a creation/environment element to it if it was going to journey with a God who was in love with the whole of creation, and not just people. For me, my rhythm of life has an aspiration to recycle as much as possible and to deliberately avoid products consisting of non recyclable materials. It’s not alleys easy and sometimes you have to search a little longer than you might like. But I personally feel it is important to make the effort.

Just before committing to this element of my rhythm I met a couple who ha been in church ministry for years who on the whole avoided buying anything new and recycled as much as possible. They got their clothes from charity shops and any appliances or vehicles were always purchased second hand. I really admired their commitment to their homegrown rule. It challenged me massively as well but (shallow I know), I like to buy new clothes and hats so that wasn’t a step I could take. I do, however, feel I should be able to!

So … how do we view the earth?
Is the earth special and sacred to you?
Would you change how you ‘walked’ if you remembered you were always standing on sacred ground?