Global Warming--an Anabaptist Responds in Sermon‪.‬

Hear these words from the twenty-fourth Psalm, "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters." (1) And this familiar text from the New Testament book of Colossians, "For by him (Jesus) all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him." (2) Earlier this week I received an email from an Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) faculty member, to let me know she would be praying for me as I prepared for this morning. She added, "And, I'm sure you'll find a way to add a little humor to the subject." Unfortunately, there is not a lot of humor to be found in the subject of global warming. But, I did see a few things in the daily papers just this week that made me smile. An editorial in the Daily News Record (Harrisonburg, VA) of April 11, 2007, referred to several baseball games being postponed the previous weekend due to snow. Several cities in the U.S. set near records for low temperatures, and crops were likely damaged due to the cold weather. And then the closing line, "Yes, global warming seems to be on a roll." Now, that may be somewhat amusing, but it is also sad. It is sad for two reasons.