Comments on: Mary and Martha Moment: Called to be Good Stewards of the Earth http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/05/29/mary-and-martha-moment-called-to-be-good-stewards-of-the-earth/ Balancing God's Gifts...One Baby Step at a Time Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:49:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Olivia Wasik http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/05/29/mary-and-martha-moment-called-to-be-good-stewards-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-754 Olivia Wasik Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:45:49 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=1096#comment-754 Great article. You are right, Katie. People think just because you are conservative, you don't need to care about the environment. How ironically backwards it is. I am more conservative now than I've ever been in every aspect of me life! :) Besides that, I think that people are just using a labeled group to hide behind so they don't need to change. What is it about change that makes people so afraid? Great article. You are right, Katie. People think just because you are conservative, you don’t need to care about the environment. How ironically backwards it is. I am more conservative now than I’ve ever been in every aspect of me life! :) Besides that, I think that people are just using a labeled group to hide behind so they don’t need to change. What is it about change that makes people so afraid?

]]> By: Katie http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/05/29/mary-and-martha-moment-called-to-be-good-stewards-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Katie Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:01:43 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=1096#comment-561 Viveca, I hope you meant stainless steel water bottles. Aluminum leaches, too, and has its own issues for our health. Please check! Katie Viveca, I hope you meant stainless steel water bottles. Aluminum leaches, too, and has its own issues for our health. Please check! Katie

]]> By: Viveca from FatigueBeGone http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/05/29/mary-and-martha-moment-called-to-be-good-stewards-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Viveca from FatigueBeGone Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:37:57 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=1096#comment-560 I am a conservative and I have been "green" for years. Conservative and conservation go together. 30 years ago it was recycling plastic bottles and glass and tin. I washed plastic baggies to reuse them and cut open toothpaste tubes to not waste anything on the inside. One goal this year is to not use plastic bottles so I bought a bunch of aluminum water bottles. Another goal is to "go green" on the inside! The more energy I have for me, the more I'll have to share with others. There are many ways to help Earth without telling people what kind of cars to drive and homes to live in ... if I hear "carbon footprint" or "global warming" one more time I'll scream. God is more powerful than us. Nature is more powerful than anything we can do to her or try to control about her. Then comes common sense which is more powerful than an army of control freaks ... Great topic! Viveca <abbr><em>Viveca from FatigueBeGone’s last blog post..<a href="http://adrenal-fatigue-begone.blogspot.com/2009/06/monday-is-juice-fasting-day-aka.html" rel="nofollow">Monday is Juice Fasting Day! a.k.a. Alkalizing Day</a></abbr></em> I am a conservative and I have been “green” for years. Conservative and conservation go together.

30 years ago it was recycling plastic bottles and glass and tin. I washed plastic baggies to reuse them and cut open toothpaste tubes to not waste anything on the inside.

One goal this year is to not use plastic bottles so I bought a bunch of aluminum water bottles. Another goal is to “go green” on the inside! The more energy I have for me, the more I’ll have to share with others.

There are many ways to help Earth without telling people what kind of cars to drive and homes to live in … if I hear “carbon footprint” or “global warming” one more time I’ll scream.

God is more powerful than us. Nature is more powerful than anything we can do to her or try to control about her. Then comes common sense which is more powerful than an army of control freaks …

Great topic!

Viveca

Viveca from FatigueBeGone’s last blog post..Monday is Juice Fasting Day! a.k.a. Alkalizing Day

]]> By: Katie http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/05/29/mary-and-martha-moment-called-to-be-good-stewards-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Katie Sat, 30 May 2009 15:49:54 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=1096#comment-556 What a beautiful response to God's call - I love that your priests are taking such a step with the gardening. What a beautiful response to God’s call – I love that your priests are taking such a step with the gardening.

]]> By: Katie http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/05/29/mary-and-martha-moment-called-to-be-good-stewards-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Katie Sat, 30 May 2009 15:49:12 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=1096#comment-555 I know how you feel. People might ask about or comment on a new practice our family is implementing and it makes me feel like an outlier. The only way we can make "natural" products or habits mainstream is to challenge the current mainstream, though. Slowly people will understand that we can't abuse our earth and expect it to continue to sustain us any more than we can abuse our bodies and expect to live long, healthy lives. I think it's disrespectful of other people to think I should accept the junk they use on their bodies for my own children. Just because it's a name brand sunscreen, for example, doesn't mean it's not going to hurt my little ones. Being Christians, though, we're used to going against the flow. It comes with the territory of being "persecuted ones". When challenged, consider offering up your frustration (valid!) for the souls and environmental conversion of those you're speaking to. Can I say that? Environmental conversion? Now maybe I'm being lefty, but I do really believe that God calls us to care for the earth, so.... We just have to point out baby steps that don't take too much time, and educate without judging. It takes listening to wait until someone is ready to hear a factoid so you're not driving everyone nuts! ;) Or you could just send them to my blog... :) I know how you feel. People might ask about or comment on a new practice our family is implementing and it makes me feel like an outlier. The only way we can make “natural” products or habits mainstream is to challenge the current mainstream, though. Slowly people will understand that we can’t abuse our earth and expect it to continue to sustain us any more than we can abuse our bodies and expect to live long, healthy lives. I think it’s disrespectful of other people to think I should accept the junk they use on their bodies for my own children. Just because it’s a name brand sunscreen, for example, doesn’t mean it’s not going to hurt my little ones. Being Christians, though, we’re used to going against the flow. It comes with the territory of being “persecuted ones”. When challenged, consider offering up your frustration (valid!) for the souls and environmental conversion of those you’re speaking to. Can I say that? Environmental conversion? Now maybe I’m being lefty, but I do really believe that God calls us to care for the earth, so…. We just have to point out baby steps that don’t take too much time, and educate without judging. It takes listening to wait until someone is ready to hear a factoid so you’re not driving everyone nuts! ;) Or you could just send them to my blog… :)

]]> By: Laura Ingalls Gunn http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/05/29/mary-and-martha-moment-called-to-be-good-stewards-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-554 Laura Ingalls Gunn Sat, 30 May 2009 14:14:26 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=1096#comment-554 I love how you simply translated the biblical reasons for being green. Well done! I love how you simply translated the biblical reasons for being green. Well done!

]]> By: ruthee http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/05/29/mary-and-martha-moment-called-to-be-good-stewards-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-552 ruthee Sat, 30 May 2009 12:43:23 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=1096#comment-552 What a wonderful post. You bring up an interesting point about going "green" representing a leftist idea to many people who are uninformed - and that everyone can be green and friendly and it has no political meaning. The way you represent your faith is powerful in this post. Thank you for the food for thought! <abbr><em>ruthee’s last blog post..<a href="http://forth-with.blogspot.com/2009/05/just-imagine.html" rel="nofollow">Just Imagine....</a></abbr></em> What a wonderful post. You bring up an interesting point about going “green” representing a leftist idea to many people who are uninformed – and that everyone can be green and friendly and it has no political meaning. The way you represent your faith is powerful in this post. Thank you for the food for thought!

ruthee’s last blog post..Just Imagine….

]]> By: Mareth http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/05/29/mary-and-martha-moment-called-to-be-good-stewards-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Mareth Sat, 30 May 2009 03:09:25 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=1096#comment-551 Very good. Thank you. I just get so down when people think that my new approaches in going more "natural" (and still be a Catholic Christian) and more aware of my environment are just "my thing." They say they don't have time, that's silly, or they're blatantly anti-conservation and disrespectful. I think family members can sometimes be the hardest to deal with. They are not interested in what they are really feeding their families or cleaning their homes with. In the end we really can't change people. They have to want to change themselves. Maybe I got off topic but I am frustrated lately. Very good. Thank you. I just get so down when people think that my new approaches in going more “natural” (and still be a Catholic Christian) and more aware of my environment are just “my thing.” They say they don’t have time, that’s silly, or they’re blatantly anti-conservation and disrespectful. I think family members can sometimes be the hardest to deal with. They are not interested in what they are really feeding their families or cleaning their homes with. In the end we really can’t change people. They have to want to change themselves. Maybe I got off topic but I am frustrated lately.

]]> By: Katie http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/05/29/mary-and-martha-moment-called-to-be-good-stewards-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Katie Sat, 30 May 2009 01:54:47 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=1096#comment-549 What a great addition to this discussion. Thank you for the point about God's triumph in the end! I'm all about balance. Come back again! What a great addition to this discussion. Thank you for the point about God’s triumph in the end! I’m all about balance. Come back again!

]]> By: Elizabeth Quigley http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/05/29/mary-and-martha-moment-called-to-be-good-stewards-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Elizabeth Quigley Sat, 30 May 2009 01:21:54 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=1096#comment-548 This has been wonderful. Our parish is trying to go more green. Our priest planted a garden behind the rectory to use for meals at the rectory. We have 3 priest and they are all into healthy eating. I so agree it is all about balance. Thanks for sharing, Elizabeth <abbr><em>Elizabeth Quigley’s last blog post..<a href="http://elizabethsimplejourney.blogspot.com/2009/05/lets-talk-food.html" rel="nofollow">Let's Talk Food</a></abbr></em> This has been wonderful. Our parish is trying to go more green. Our priest planted a garden behind the rectory to use for meals at the rectory. We have 3 priest and they are all into healthy eating. I so agree it is all about balance.
Thanks for sharing,
Elizabeth

Elizabeth Quigley’s last blog post..Let’s Talk Food

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