Sermon, Oct. 5, Lumby United Church...Sermon, Oct. 5, Lumby United Church
ECO-SPIRITUALITY
By Hermann Harlos

In Genesis Chapter One, Verse 26, and again in Verse 28, God gave humankind dominion over every living thing that moves upon the earth. What exactly does that mean?

Does this mean that God gave us the right to exploit our planet for egocentric, ethnocentric or anthropocentric purposes? Or impoverish our own habitat, or that of others? Or cause the extinction of entire species?

"All you need is love," so starts the famous love song by the Beatles, and it ends with, "Love is all you need." "Love is the only engine for survival," sings Leonard Cohen. Love is indeed the godly...