Making Nature Sacred 1 - Spencer Beeson

In Making Nature Sacred, Wendell Berry questions the environmental stance of institutional Christianity, claiming it “connives directly in the murder of Creation.” Berry makes a bold statement on an institution so closely related to Creation. I found Berry’s opinion thought provoking and his approach to practicing Christianity quite unique. He does not go to church on Sunday but instead walks in the woods near his home. He thinks that the church is too linked with the economy and fails to acknowledge environmental issues because of it. I think Berry makes a valid point and that the Christian organization is too closely tied with, “militarism and exploitative industry.” I like his approach of still practicing Christianity without going to church and his rebellious act has sufficient reason. I think more emphasis and teaching should be placed on environmental issues given that the Bible seems to show an appreciation for the land that God created. Berry’s poetry and work points out one of many hypocrisies of organized religion today.