{"id":9396,"date":"2015-06-24T07:41:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T12:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9396"},"modified":"2015-06-24T07:41:55","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T12:41:55","slug":"how-pope-franciss-climate-encyclical-is-liberating-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9396","title":{"rendered":"How Pope Francis\u2019s climate encyclical is liberating the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Pope Francis\u2019s climate encyclical is liberating the world<\/span>\"Pope<\/a><\/h3>\n

In my life there are two things that have the effect of at least somewhat isolating me from others. The first is being a writer on climate change, peak oil, and the economic crises bound up with those modern predicaments. The other is being a Christian environmentalist.<\/p>\n

In the first case, my essays, as well as my social media presence, fairly well run counter to the whole of my society and culture, even when a few outliers add concurring\u00a0thoughts to the mix.<\/p>\n

But in the end,\u00a0by writing a\u00a0write a blog about what people shouldn\u2019t do, about the things we\u00a0should give up and forsake for a concept of the greater good, about the ways our habits imperil the world and especially our children and future generations, I can\u00a0kind of come off like\u00a0a scold even in my\u00a0most mild iteration. And forget about those times when I\u2019ve lost all patience with the excuses and indifference to our shared world\u00a0\u2014 then I\u2019m sure I can be a real jerk.<\/p>\n

By contrast, my friends who write blogs on the 40th new way to redecorate your home, the best new destination to jet off to, and the greatest\u00a0products to try as a mommy blogger, are infinitely more popular and beloved than me.<\/p>\n

I end up feeling like I stand alone, or at best\u00a0with a small group of similarly-minded, possible loonies, who together are spitting into a hot and rancid wind.<\/p>\n

Crossroads<\/h3>\n

As an eco-conscious Christian, my experience is not dissimilar.<\/p>\n

While I love Christ unreservedly, and without wavering, and that relationship is the most meaningful and important in my life, still, in my life with fellow Christians and with the Church, I have found little immediate commonality on the issue of creation care.<\/p>\n

– See more at: http:\/\/transitionvoice.com\/2015\/06\/how-pope-francis-climate-encyclical-is-liberating-the-world\/#sthash.SbPvipm7.dpuf<\/span><\/p>\n

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