Will you strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth? ![]() You may remember that at the recent confirmations, Bishop Steven used a new additional promise for the first time as part of the commission. The installation hopes to help us glimpse something of the overview effect of which the astronauts speak and, through tapping into our sense of awe, to reignite in us a renewed commitment to combatting climate change. Until mid-July, a phenomenal touring artwork, the Gaia earth installation by Luke Jerram, hangs in the nave of our church as part of the Oxford Festival of the Arts and this Sunday at 3:30pm we will hold a special Climate Sunday service under the shadow of the artwork to renew our commitment to caring for all God’s creation. One astronaut, Edgar Mitchell described coming to new awareness that the molecules found in the bodies of the vast deeps of space in which he was travelling were the same as those which made up his body - prototyped in the stars - and that we are, in fact, ‘stardust’. It is characterised by an overwhelming sense of awe and a new appreciation of the interconnectedness of earth and life on it. ‘The overview effect’ is a phenomenon experienced by astronauts when they look at the world from space. Or ‘took a step back’ to ‘view the bigger picture’ and were overcome by something beyond yourself? When was the last time you experienced awe?
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