So in Rel 312 today, we discussed a few of the detrimental impacts humans are making on the environment. Dr. Borders used his favorite example, the honeybee, to show how much the environment will be changed in a few decades as we lose the pollinators necessary for many of our food crops. The point was that people who know that this is happening are still working to make a change, even if it may not necessarily help in the end.
There are so many problems in this world. A lot of the time, I get overwhelmed when I think about our society and standards that are continuing to lower. Sometimes I wonder if the Church is doing any good when it sings the same old songs and tries for the same tradition it has been experiencing for centuries. But maybe the Church isn't just a one-trick pony. Maybe it is just trying to make a change when change just doesn't seem likely. Maybe Christians are just trying to be beekeepers...working to make a difference when it seems like society just won't be able to get better.
I get overwhelmed all the time when I start to think about everything I cannot change about my life and this world. Sometimes I feel like the church isn't doing anything but going backwards, but the church is something you can't change. However, the people in the church can change, and if we hope to see a change in the world, they/we will have to.
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