All things bright and beautiful

Abstract

In this article an investigation is begun endeavouring to understand what role the worship service has to play in promoting sustainable living. Comparisons are drawn from culture and tradition, which sees hymns such as “All things bright and beautiful” to be examples of the people celebrating God’s gracious gift of creation. It is suggested, through describing three perspectives, that liturgy can be a space for encouraging sustainable living. This is possible by (1) identifying that liturgy can be a space against waste, (2) that certain aspects of culture and tradition can combine in a critical-reciprocal manner to create a new entity and (3) by understanding that worship affects belief and thought, which in turn affects how “we” live and/or vice versa.

The Role of Christians in The Correlation between The Notion of Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi, Lex Vivendi and The Commitment of Cape Town

“…Therefore, if Christians, from worshiping, through believing, to living, all series of procedures have a solid and dependent relationship and connection. In other words, if Christians recognize through worship the beauty of God's creations, Christians believe and/or think to keep the beauty, so Christians live sustainably in our lives (H. Scott, 2021).…”

“…In other words, worship affects believing, believing affects living, and living affects worshiping. There are reciprocal interactions between three factors (H. Scott, 2021). The notion of lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi can help Christians solve those problems in modern society and also lead Christians to realize what the proper role of Christians is.…”