just working out some kinks....

So I'm using this space as a way to think about a paper that I am writing for my Theology class....

I'm trying to address the responsibilty of the church in caring for the environtment. This is to be "proven" by first understanding the nature of the church, but first we have to understand the nature of God in order to understand the nature of the church.

I've read in moltmann about the word Holy.....holy is something that is only what God is.....It is through God's decision to be in realtionship with us that we can become holy, that is by relation only, not because of anything that we do. However, Moltmann talks about how humanity was not the first thing choosen to be holy.....God's evnironment, His resting place was considered first and foremost to be holy, he associated HImself with creation, and even said that it was good.

It we through our redemption in Jesus name and actions are then holy, and set apart from that which is not, then we are to uphold all that God considers to be Holy meaning creation. If we are to disengage from, or ignore, or even mistreat that which is considered holy to God, are we not then failing to be like him, which is what that church is called to be, like God?

Living a holy life is not about a certain lifestyle or a framwork from whichin we work.....instead I think as indicated by Moltmann, it is to become like God, doesn't this mean that we relate to all of creation in the way that God does, to value it and almost even revel in it? We are to live freely and happily in the Holiness that God has allowed us to experience, this includes his Holy creation. How can we experience that if we are not holding it's prime potential in the highest regard????

Just what I've been thinking about.....I'm sure there will be more as the research progresses!