Why We’re Passionate about Caring for God’s Creation [Photo Journal]
Every BAM company is an environmental company. They are having an impact on the environment and the environment is having an impact on them. – Mark Polet
In December we ran a series on BAM and Creation Care on The BAM Review and on social media we asked readers to share their favourite photos of the environment to show us why creation care is at the heart of BAM!
This is why creation is worth caring for through our business as mission initiatives:
“The Tea garden I photographed means everything to me. It is where I started life as a school-going child, and my salvation experience came through in one such Tea garden. Moreover, I love mountains. I really love nature! I firmly believe they’re the best gift of God’s love and communication to us and to me in particular!! If we as humanity miss out on noticing and especially taking care of the good nature by protecting its habitat, we lose everything. I have done my best to engage in practices that encourage wildlife, for example a peacock, which is our national bird and of great importance roams around our house and we as a family notice them and even allow them the space they need in our premises too!!” – Callistus
“A favourite coastal view”
“This a farm in Kyrgyzstan where we working on integrated farming practices under the (Re)Generation initiative, restoring the biome so all generations can flourish.” – Mark
“This wetland bird sanctuary is my favourite place to walk in our area and I take a photo at this same spot every time I visit, to capture the changing tides and seasons!” – Jo
“I go hiking at this preserved land in the area nearly every weekend. On this particular day, there seemed to be a migration of robins and cardinals going through, I’d never heard so many birds singing at the same time before.”
“I JUST LOVE NATURE!!!”
“Just another day in winter wonderland” – Mats
“Each year there’s a meteor shower on my birthday I try to go watch; I’ve always taken it as a gift from God. With light pollution increasing globally, it’s a sad thought that the stars won’t be as easy to see in the years to come. This year we took a boat out on the water in Washington to watch the stars, and this was the 4 am sunrise after.”
We hope this visual narrative shows why and how we should and cherish our environment and will hopefully inspire us all to take action to integrate creation care into our own individual lives and that of our companies too.
With thanks to all who submitted photos.
>>Read more on Creation Care on The BAM Review blog here
>>Read the BAM & Creation Care Reports here
Watch Mark Polet challenge us on the intersection of creation care and BAM
The people we want to reach are facing the greatest environmental, even existential challenges. BAMers are on the ground already in the areas of greatest need. This presentation explores how to meet these challenges with the Hope we share and the technical capabilities we can access.
