This is a rant!

Everyone around here hates big ideas!! I'm so disgusted it makes me want to vomit. I've been working consistently on this Step it Up project for almost a month now. Everybody is fine with it as long as it doesn't affect them. They think it's "such a great thing" and they are "so glad I'm doing it."

What I don't get then...if this is all so wonderful, why when I bring ideas up for other projects no one wants to have any part in them! There is always something to complain about, or something that isn't going to work and I'm sick of it!

We can't continue to live the way we are living now, because eventually we are going to run out of natural resources. So we could chose to do something about it, or we could sit around and wait. From what I have gathered, everyone here at MTSO wants to sit around and wait.

And now you know I don't mean everyone, because most likely if you are reading this you care about the things I care about. This is not to you. This is to the person who gave me attitude when I asked what brand of copy paper we use and how much it cost. Who said, for the quality of the machines and documents we could not use recycled paper. This is to people who, when hearing a good idea they find ways to complain about it and about some of the good things the school is doing. This is to everyone who doesn't "think" to recycle their pop bottles during class. YOU ARE ALL PHENOMENALLY STUPID!!!

Lots of comings and goings

The last few days have been hectic, but I feel that I have gotten a lot accomplished. Last Thursday I met with the president of the seminary to discuss the environment and the greening of MTSO. It went very well and I received overall support from him. I doubt that he reads this, but if he happens to come across it, THANKS JAY!

I will be working on some new projects in addition to the Step It Up project I have already started. I am getting much support from community members and environmental organizations and it is going very well. A few weeks ago I would not have thought I could do any of this, but God has provided.

I got an internship at the Stratford Ecological Center that will start at the end of the month. I will be an education intern and it will last for three months. As part of my stipend I receive free eggs and produce which I am stoked about. On another high note, I am still in the application and interview process for a longer more permanent job at the same location as the Field Trip Coordinator. I'm very interested in this and feel that I would gain a lot from the experience. Please keep me in your prayers as it will still be a few weeks before I hear anything.

I'm trying to work on my writing skills. Which means I'm trying to write more intentionally before I post it on my blog. It did not happen today, but I am working on a meditation on "Being the change you want to see in the world." I hope to have it done by tomorrow.
Peace.

Revolution of Love

Ryan and I attended Terra Nova (new ground for your spiritual journey) today for the second time. I was not looking forward to going outside, as our thermometer read 6 degrees. Brrrr..... But I'm so glad I did. We began a new series today called Revolution of Love.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as your self. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
Matthew 22:37-40

How can we be a church if we do not love God and love others?

And what does a church look like if they do love God and others?

Terra Nova is a new church, and over the next few weeks they are deconstructing and reconstructing the meaning of church. I'm really looking forward to it.

On a side note, I mentioned that it is cold today. And all you good Methodists will recall Wesley and his experience of having a "strange warming" in his heart. While my warming might have not been to the caliber of the Wesley experience, I did enjoy the hot tea and comfort that Terra Nova brought to me this morning.

Peace.

Climate Panel Issues Urgent Warning to Curb Gases

John P. Holdren, an energy and climate expert at Harvard University, said that the “report powerfully underscores the need for a massive effort to slow the pace of global climatic disruption before intolerable consequences become inevitable.”

In other words, stop crapping on the earth!!!

Read the full story from the New York Times.

And visit the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change.

busy busy

Extremely busy in my first week of school.

This semester I am taking World Religions at the Pontifical College Josephinium, Hebrew Bible, and Church History II. I have tons of reading to do, but it should be an EXCELLENT semester.

I'm especially excited about the Hebrew Bible class. I think the Hebrew Bible is an amazing place to start talking about the environment. To begin with Genesis 1 is where humans are granted dominion over creation, and it's great to discuss the theological and ecological implications. All those laws and guidelines give pretty good explanation of how we are suppose to treat the earth and the Psalms say some pretty spectacular things.

Our first CEEN meeting is Wednesday, be looking for a huge amount of environmental discussion. It will be an ecological smackdown!

Suppose to be SUPER cold this weekend, but it's all ok, warm blanket and my sweatpants!