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From YouTube: Time for Reflection - 25 September 2018
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Time for Reflection: Reverend David Coleman, the Environmental Chaplain for Eco-Congregation Scotland, Edinburgh
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A
A
A
B
Greetings
since
I
was
first
invited
to
offer
this
reflection,
I've
moved
from
being
a
grassroots
pastor
in
Greenwich
to
the
national
scope
of
environmental
chaplain
fariko
congregation
Scotland,
which
is
a
charity
supported
by
very
diverse
churches
and
the
Scottish
government
in
one
way,
that's
a
change
of
direction
in
another.
It's
an
intensification
of
the
same
calling
Christian
ministers
calling
is
never
simply
to
speak.
B
What
people
want
to
hear
even
to
those
who
might
think
they
are
paying
the
piper
the
very
diverse
eco
congregation
movement
encourages
faith
groups
so
far
Christian
though
I
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
working
with
Muslims
and
others,
we
encourage
people
of
faith
to
enlist
the
treasures
of
their
respective
traditions
in
response
to
the
shared
global
context
of
climate
crisis.
This
is
my
second
Holyrood
event
in
two
weeks.
I
was
part
of
the
lobby
on
the
19th
over
climate
issues,
and
the
church's
parliamentary
office
will
keep
the
conversation
going
now.
B
Let's
say
that
easy
because
for
us
at
least
20
years
since
our
friends
in
the
Pacific
Island
churches
realize
their
homelands
would
not
survive
the
rise
in
sea
levels,
the
task
I've
taken
on
is
unambiguously
spiritual,
meaning
it
touches
on
the
deepest
essence
of
who
we
are
and
our
place
in
the
created
order.
So
no
party
and
no
faith
group
has
a
monopoly
on
care
of
the
planet.
B
Jesus
encouraged
followers
to
read
the
signs
of
the
times
in
the
world
around
them
and
pointed
out.
They
were
very
well
able
to
do
so
and
act
accordingly
if
they
so
choose
today
in
complimentary
prayer
and
action,
we're
seeking
collaboration,
not
competition
as
we
are
overtaken
by
what
we'd
rather
hoped,
was
going
to
be
the
predicament
of
our
grandchildren
and
I'm.
Not
yet
a
grandfather
I
wish
that
organized
religion
as
a
whole
were
already
setting
people
such
as
the
parliament,
a
positive
and
convincing
example.
B
In
the
mean
time,
we
look
to
you
I'm
not
here,
to
compete,
but
it
convinced
which
includes
convincing
myself
and
congregations
and
communities
in
Scotland
to
read
those
signs
in
the
Bible
God
points:
humanity
to
the
rainbow.
A
preexistent
phenomenon
of
universal
scientific
laws,
with
a
promise
that
rising
waters
will
not
bring
an
end
to
the
world,
as
we
know
it,
which
is
nice.