As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been reading Pope Francis’s Papal Encyclical, “Care for Our Common Home.” The Pope focuses a lot of attention on curbing human problems–especially climate change and poverty–through public policy shifts. He is certainly not alone in this. It is not unusual to hear Christians calling for systemic shifts…
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The Cut Flower of Creation
Photo by Carrie McKamey Recently, a friend asked me to read Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si: On Care of Our Common Home. In it, the Pope lays out his views “on the environment and human ecology.” A great deal of the discussion centers on human-caused climate change. Pope Francis intricately explores the environmental and social ramifications…
The Voice of One 