tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900034277402712021.post87370540597793728..comments2023-10-12T10:42:13.682-05:00Comments on salvaged faith: Theologically WorrisomeKatie Z.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01143363139786424632noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900034277402712021.post-48469120764174215242008-06-22T16:22:00.000-05:002008-06-22T16:22:00.000-05:00hi, Katie -lurker delurking... found you through r...hi, Katie -<BR/>lurker delurking... found you through reading RevGalBlogPals. I've been reading your posts with special attention in the last few days, especially after following the news reports of the flooding in the American mid-west.<BR/>While I was at Theological College, our area was hit with a pretty wild Ice Storm (notice the capital letters?). I was working as a residence don at the time. I remember walking into our common room and seeing all the women on our floor staring out the window, watching the multi-coloured fireworks of the electrical transformers blowing up.<BR/>One young Ismaili woman asked me if I thought the storm was a sign of the apocalypse. Sounds like a similar situation to yours.<BR/>I'll admit, the last few years, I've been more and more dismayed and fearful about climate change and the effects of our global choices. Some would see this as God's wrath at work, I'm sure. And that might be a pretty hopeless feeling. But when I get too overwhelmed with it all, my husband calls me to account - I'm a Christian, he reminds me. I made a choice and signed on for holding onto hold to faith, hope, and love. And I need to ask what the opportunity God is setting before me, or humanity, for change, for stewardship, for making better choices for my children (for all God's children, for that matter).<BR/>So I can understand the fear that you're talking about - especially as a parent. It does feel like the end of the world - we can't trust what we take for granted in the world anymore. I know for some people, it is the end of the world as they know it.<BR/>But when the world as we know it ends, our faith teaches us that even there, we will find someone or something waiting for us...<BR/>I hope.<BR/>Be of good courage - our prayers are with you and the people you serve.<BR/>Keep writing. I'll keep reading!<BR/>MelodyChristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736169799902297620noreply@blogger.com