Sermon: John 20: 19-31

Earth Day Sunday is a day to celebrate God's creation. When God created the world, God blessed it and called it very good.  In today's gospel, Jesus reveals himself to Thomas.  God is continually revealing God's self to us.  As we celebrate the Creation God has given us, we find God is revealed through the beauty, power, abundance, and mystery of the natural world.  Through wind and flame, water and wilderness, creatures and seasons, God is continually present and active in the world.  So, on this Earth Day Sunday, we, a community of people who believe that all of Creation praises the Creator, commit ourselves to become more deeply involved in Creation care as an integral part of our faith and love for God and neighbor. For the human family, our home is the Earth, the environment that God the Creator has given us to inhabit with creativity and responsibility.