Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, speaker2007-01-032007-01-032013-10-23http://hdl.handle.net/10217/80603Chapel talk given by Holmes Rolston III at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 23, 2013.Accessibility features: unedited transcript. To request an edited transcript, please contact library_digitaladmin@mail.colostate.edu or call (970) 491-1844.Anciently Palestine was a promised land. Landscapes east and west, north and south, on six continents have proved homelands that peoples can come to cherish and on which they can flourish. My forebears in the Shenandoah Valley, coming from Scotland, loved gospel and landscape, sometimes wondering which love took priority. When this wonderland Earth is seen as divine gift, grace, that vision makes more alarming that Earth is also a planet in peril. "A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever." That ancient certainty needs now to become an urgent future hope. Today and for the centuries hence, the call is to see Earth as a planet with promise.22 minutes 36 secondsborn digitalsound recordingsdigital audio formatstranscriptsengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.caring for EarthShenandoah Valleypromised landenvironmental conservationChristianity and environmentEarthSound