Crystal Clear

I value speaking simply and plainly, and with honesty. It is hard to do in practice.

I find it harder, and yet feel it is even more important as I interact with (sometimes) competing voices in my work. We all really do have the same goals, yet since our sub goals may differ, we get to the same bigger goals on different paths.

So, sometimes we compete.

And our choice is to on the surface pretend to work together, which I would call being diplomatic, or to do the harder work of speaking simply and plainly, and to find ways to really work together.

I want to not feel like a diplomat.

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In honor of Earth Day, Current TV and the Alliance for Climate Protection asked filmmakers from all over the word to create a 60 second video on environmental education and sustainability.

I found the grand prize winner one very good: The Sky is Falling

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I believe in miracles. I believe in a God who can and does do miracles. When I think of this, I usually mean miracles of healing for people when they are prayed for.

But then I reflected on my earlier post about word, deed, and sign. One of the ways Christians can show others there is a God and he is powerful is through signs – miraculous works.

Today is Earth Day, and we were focusing on caring for God’s creation and struggling with the complexities of it all, and then it struck me that I don’t often look for or prayer for miraculous physical healing for the non-human creation. I may pray for miraculous change of heart / mind for leaders. But I don’t ever pray for a contaminated site to be “cleaned up”.

To pray for something like that, I’d have to believe it to be possible, and I’ve just never thought about it before. Yet, the miracle of feeding the five thousand was that sort of miracle. Physical food was multiplied to feed the crowd.

May I pray with new found faith and belief!

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