I was thrilled to read Michael Bard’s letter about healing the earth. He says that as a person of faith, he loves supporting the Climate Strikers.
I, too, am a person of faith. My faith is the belief that the good draws to itself the good. I’m challenged every day to reaffirm it, especially by doing everything I can to reduce climate injustice, including fighting the inland port and supporting the amazing young people leading us out of darkness.
What I wonder is why there aren’t more people like Michael Bard, people who speak up from their faith about the disaster humans are making of our one and only home. A person who feels the love of a personal God must recoil in pain over human ingratitude.
Where are the people of faith who could ask more of their leaders?
Some religious organizations have signaled concern, with the Pope Francis’s encyclical on ecology being a notable example. But it’s not enough — because the house is on fire!
Jill Merritt, Salt Lake City
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