is an Episcopal priest serving a parish in the Diocese of West Texas. He blogs at InterruptingTheSilence.com.
By Michael Marsh on 06/09/2010
The gulf oil spill bears witness that we have rejected our earthliness, forgotten who we are, and broken the sacred connection between ourselves and our world. As Metropolitan John Zizioulas writes, “The human being has rejected his role as the priest of creation by making himself God in creation.”
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