Sharing Creation

Communities with economic problems should be able to rely on the local congregation to lead the way to recovery.

The Bible covers a lot of interesting material in wonderful ways. I do not claim to understand all of it, but it is interesting.

For instance, the thing about Creation. Now, I am not talking about Creationism. Creationism is the debate over whether the whole thing was created by God in just the way the Bible says in one of the Creation stories.

No, I am interested in the reality of the act of Creation itself. Particularly I am concerned with God's choice to share the work of Creation with humankind. It is plain from scripture that this is the case, for God asked humankind to "name" them. That is, to describe the way the animals will relate to each other and to humankind.

There is another way that God shares the work of Creation with us. That is, God does not dictate the way we operate together or toward each other. Clearly, that is our responsibility. We have the task of defining our paths with and toward each other. The only limit is that our choices must reflect Creation itself. We must operate in ways that fit best within God's Vision for Creation.

We are called to build peace, openness, honesty, justice, equality within our communities. This pattern then becomes the way to build the best businesses within Creation. When our businesses do not quite make it, it seems clear that we must understand that the business has at least some area in which it does not meet with Creation standards.

Then it becomes our task to make our lives fit the Creation. Right?


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