Sunday, August 10, 2025
Sunday Reflection: Faith and Nature
There is a lot of confusing interplay between faith in nature. If we are out of the city, we call it "God's country." People sit by a mountain lake and say "This is my church." For some, being in nature is a proof that there is a God. (and by "some people," I mean me).
But everything is God's, isn't it? Including the city? Do we leave God's domain when we drive home?
I suppose what we mean is that in nature we are seeing a purer version of God's creation-- one we haven't messed up so much, perhaps, with pavement and cars and the rest of it.
The whole thing makes me feel challenged to see God's creation wherever I go, in all of it. That's harder to do, sure, but it probably will take me closer to the God I live with everyday rather than some kind of "special occasion" God who is present only where the road ends and the trees are tall.
