The natural environment is our home,...

The natural environment is our home, but it is first God’s creation. The cosmic scope of God’s new creation embraces the whole of nature. According to the biblical notion of shekinah, God intends to dwell in the whole of God’s creation, not just in the human part of it. The light that the new creation throws on the plight of the earth makes us aware of the groaning of creation and should lead Christians to a new theology of life with the earth.