{"id":3182,"date":"2010-04-22T14:34:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T19:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=3182"},"modified":"2010-04-22T14:34:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T19:34:40","slug":"earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=3182","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day. . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>and the Christian life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/earth-day-2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3183 \" src=\"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/earth-day-2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flourishonline.org\/2010\/04\/earth-days-role-in-the-christian-life\/#more-2876\"><span style=\"color: #666666;\">A balanced and wise piece on the Flourish blog<\/span><\/a>, which concludes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nInstead of being optimistic, we\u2013as Christians\u2013are hopeful. And our hope is foundational to every day of our lives, not just Earth Day. So let us celebrate this day in recognition for what it means in the history of our relationship with God\u2019s earth. But let us also celebrate Thanksgiving in gratitude for the bounty of God\u2019s creation and the love that can occur between strangers. Let us celebrate Christmas in acknowledgment that not only is Christ our brother, savior, and redeemer, but he is also the One through whom all things were made. Let us celebrate\u2013on each nameless day of our lives, on our birthdays, at family get-togethers, and at church\u2013the goodness of God\u2019s creation with hope, joy, and hard work.<\/p>\n<p>We are hopeful because the earth is the Lord\u2019s\u2013a fact that remains unconstrained by holidays or public awareness or sin\u2013and that is why we care for his creation every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe earth is the Lord\u2019s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Psalm 24:1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>and the Christian life. A balanced and wise piece on the Flourish blog, which concludes: Instead of being optimistic, we\u2013as Christians\u2013are hopeful. And our hope is foundational to every day of our lives, not just Earth Day. So let us celebrate this day in recognition for what it means in the history of our relationship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-jim"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}