Show Us What We Yet May Do

At morning prayer on this Labor Day at the Mount, our opening hymn included these lyrics:

We, your children, in your likeness, share inventive powers with you;

Great Creator, still creating, show us what we yet may do.

This song reminded me of two exciting stories I read recently. One was about how humans now have the capability to convert totally to renewable energy by the year 2050 (see article at https://cleantechnica.com/2016/01/23/solutions-project-139-countries-can-hit-100-renewable-energy/). The other story was about how The Netherlands is using greenhouse complexes and technology to become the globe’s number two exporter of food as measured by value while reducing their dependence on water, nearly eliminating use of chemical pesticides, and reducing use of antibiotics in livestock (see article at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/09/holland-agriculture-sustainable-farming/).

This Labor Day, I hope we can resolve to allow our God-instilled creativity to prevail over greed and apathy so we can feed the world’s population and provide people with meaningful work while protecting our common home for future generations.