As we explored last week, the theme for this year’s international Season of Creation is “Oikos- a home for all”. Last week we explored the word “Oikos” which is Greek for the family or household, the family's property, and the house. And we looked at several words which come from oikos. One of those words is ecology which comes from “oikos – logia”- the study of the household. Our theme this week is Ecology: Protecting our Common Home. In particular we are invited to pay attention to the integral web of relationships that sustain the wellbeing of the whole Earth. Each creature – not only animals, insects and plants, but also non sentient creatures and minerals form part of this web and contribute to the health of the Earth. The Creation story in Genesis 1 reminds us that as humans we were created on the same day as all the animals, we are not separate to this glorious, diverse earth community. As we saw last week another of those oikos words in Economy – the rules of the household...
