Quick Summary:

We’re marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation movement this month with worship services built around themes from the Lutheran World Federation Global Assembly last May. The overarching theme of this series is LIBERATED BY GOD’S GRACE. Last week we began exploring the implications of that claim refracted through our first sub-theme: Human beings-not for sale. And this week we shift our focus to the second sub-theme: CREATION—NOT FOR SALE.

“CREATION” is one big topic! So, building on our reading from Isaiah, I’d like to focus on the most essential and impactful feature in all of creation; the element that makes life on Earth possible: WATER.

This sermon goes on to explore the natural history of water on Earth, and the ways the human species is impacting our planet home. We trace the journey of Pacific Salmon to their natal streams and the consequences human activities are having on the tributaries that lead to the Salish Sea.

In this century, being liberated by God’s grace means having the veil removed from our eyes, so we can see with crystal clarity the impacts our species is having on all of Earth’s systems, and the choices we must make to move toward ECO-REFORMATION, toward restoring balance once more.