Christians caring for creation

A unique calling, feeling that the Lord is guiding us to care for His creation.  Genesis 2:15 describes God "placing A'dam in the garden to shmar and abahd the garden".  It appears this is our original vocation: tending and keeping, or, "protect and serve" the creation.  This is also a unique story, as we met at a place that specializes in this, the Au Sable Institute (ausable.org) over a decade ago.  We are back, visiting, seeing old friends and enjoying God's good creation, with loons on the lake, walks in the woods, kayaking in handmade wooden kayaks and enjoying sustainable foods grown at local CSAs (consumer supported agriculture), in some cases organic, milk from Shetlers dairy noted below, that focuses on pasture fed sustainable dairy techniques.  The cows looked happy.  Still, it is sometimes a struggle explaining to city folk or more profit oriented folks that we are a sort of modern "prophet-oriented" type.  Prophecy, in its best sense is not so much predicting the future but speaking truth into the present.  And some of that truth is that we must find ways to change, we must repent of our excess consuming, of our unsustainable imposition on the land, water and air, or we will ultimately suffer the consequences.  That is a hard sell in some "conservative" churches, but here, people understand, and the pace of life slows down in a most enjoyable way.