Stewardship: Kinship With All Creation
Being in touch with the poor and the oppressed gave the SLW a growing awareness of our kinship with all of creation. As they grew in reverence for the Living Word, they grew also in appreciation of all creation as an expression of that Word. The Stewardship Statement, adopted unanimously in 1984, is testimony to this stance.
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Famous quotes containing the words kinship and/or creation:
“The little lives of earth and form,
Of finding food, and keeping warm,
Are not like ours, and yet
A kinship lingers nonetheless....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)