Dear Friends of Care of Creation,

As we mark the midway point in our North American summer, I trust that for those of you for whom this is summer time you are finding some rest, some change of pace and perhaps opportunities to experience God’s great world in new and refreshing ways. For me, I’ve had the opportunity to go sailing a number of times, thanks to a generous Father’s Day gift from all of my children. For me, few experiences can match the unique combination of exhilaration, fear and accomplishment of keeping a small sailboat upright in a stiff breeze on a glorious summer day, and knowing through it all that I am in the presence of the God who made all this and who shows himself through it to those who can see…