WASHINGTON: Katharine Jefferts Schori's Cosmic Earth Day
WASHINGTON: Katharine Jefferts Schori's Cosmic Earth Day
By Jeffrey Walton
http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/25/katharine-jefferts-schoris-cosmic-earth-day/
April 25, 2013
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori spoke recently at a Washington National Cathedral service themed around Earth Day. (Photo: The Living Church)
Salvation is a cosmic act about all creation "not simply a few human beings," according to the Episcopal Church's top bishop. Speaking April 21 at the Washington National Cathedral, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori gave an Earth Day sermon on becoming "effective shepherds and pasture tenders for the whole creation" but seemed to downplay mankind's preeminent position in creation, placing humanity on equal footing with microbes.
The Presiding Bishop's sermon illustrated the interconnectedness of all life with an examination of how humans coexist with bacteria.
"Microbes are part of us, in a very real sense our intimate neighbors or members, and the task is to learn how to manage the system for better health as a whole and in all its parts," Jefferts Schori proposed.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Jeffrey Walton
http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/04/25/katharine-jefferts-schoris-cosmic-earth-day/
April 25, 2013
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori spoke recently at a Washington National Cathedral service themed around Earth Day. (Photo: The Living Church)Salvation is a cosmic act about all creation "not simply a few human beings," according to the Episcopal Church's top bishop. Speaking April 21 at the Washington National Cathedral, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori gave an Earth Day sermon on becoming "effective shepherds and pasture tenders for the whole creation" but seemed to downplay mankind's preeminent position in creation, placing humanity on equal footing with microbes.
The Presiding Bishop's sermon illustrated the interconnectedness of all life with an examination of how humans coexist with bacteria.
"Microbes are part of us, in a very real sense our intimate neighbors or members, and the task is to learn how to manage the system for better health as a whole and in all its parts," Jefferts Schori proposed.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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