Esther and Walter Hupman were their names. The Hupmans had the only round barn in Darke County, Ohio. Next to that barn was the tenant farmer’s home. The tenants came and went on the large Hupman farm. Some did a beautiful job caring for the land, their home, the barns, and cattle. Others couldn’t care less; they got everything out of the farm they could and then left a mess.

We have seen already that you and I are a lot like caretakers: that is, temporary tenants of God’s good creation. The first sermon in this series looked at the fact that God created this planet and then put us in charge. We therefore have serious responsibilities for all its resources: to love, preserve, and share them.

Next we found that as caretakers of creation we must be concerned about those of God’s created pe…