WELCOME April 13, 1998 Issue

To Our Readers

William E. Moody

What are your plans to commemorate Earth Day this week? My wife and I are thinking that we could take our canoe out on one of the lakes in Myles Standish State Forest near our home. Or we might hike through Emery Woods, a wildlife preserve that borders our property. We've seen deer and wild turkeys, and there's a wonderful, smooth-barked beech tree that stands right in the middle of a grove of century-old white pines. Or we could walk through the dunes at Sandy Neck on Cape Cod. It's another world when you leave the beaches and take to the trails that wind through the maze of sand dunes, some of which stand thirty or forty feet high. From the top you can see for miles across the Atlantic Ocean to the east, or across a tidal marsh and estuary system to the west. There's a peace you can actually feel in the breeze itself as it comes through the dunes. On quiet days, the soft wind carries only gentle voices: the ocean rolling along the shore; the birds in the marshes; the dune grasses rustling back and forth, their melody conducted by an invisible hand.

I'm not yet sure what we'll do to appreciate the natural world around us; but I am certain that a Earth Day approaches, we'll be praying. Genuine appreciation, care, and stewardship of the gifts we are all blessed with are best built on prayer. This week's Cover Story, "How green is the Bible?" brings a unique spiritual perspective to caring for the earth and being responsible stewards. The author, Robert Wright, worked as a professional ecologist and found that his own prayer and study of the Bible made a vital difference What he learned from his experience is valuable to anyone who cares about the world and its creatures.

Happy Earth Day.

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