“Augustine said that we were all born into the world of "common grace" [i.e., available to all]. Before one is baptized, or even if one never is, such grace meets one in God's creation. There is grace in the pear tree that blooms and blushes. There is common grace in the sea (that massive cleanliness which we are proceeding to corrupt), in the fact that there was, before we laid hands on it, clean air. Our task is to appreciate that grace.” IfsWorldSaidFactsHandsBornCommonGraceAirTreeSeaCreationAppreciateTasksCleanAvailableMassiveCleanlinessProceedingBaptizedPearsAugustineGod's CreationClean Air Author:Joseph Sittler
“God is not identified with the world, for he made it; but God is not separate from His world, either. For He made it.” WorldMadeCreationMade It Book:The Structure of Christian Ethics Source: The Structure of Christian Ethics