Over at The Long View I’m reviewing Tomorrow’s God by Neale Donald Walsch and I’ve just finished the section on ‘saving the Earth’ and becoming stewards. And it really resonated with me – this idea of stewardship.

After attending the GPC Economic Summit this weekend – and having that idea of stewardship percolate through my mind – I’m more convinced than ever that Greens are Stewards.

As NDW puts it, we must be stewards of the Truth, of Each Other, and of our Home (153). And I think Green philosophy matches those ideas very well.

Are we facing a spiritual crisis? I think so. I think we, as a civilization, adopted a belief that some people are worth more than others, that the Other is disposable. And when we made that decision, when we convinced ourselves that some people were worth more than others, that some species were worth more than others – well, when we realize that we are all One – ultimately, we too became disposable.

And I think it is time to change this belief. We are all One. And we are precious. What I do to you I do to myself. And what we do to our Home, we do to ourselves.

I’ve just begun a new blog, The Long View, to indulge my musings on the various books that I read my way through. I figure it gives me some justification to read as much as I do and buy as many books as I do.

One of the books I’m reading right now is Tomorrow’s God by Neale Donald Walsch. I was just blogging about how his challenge to us is to realize that we are all one. That there is no such thing as separation. That every part of this Creation is also the Creator. Y’know, that kind of stuff.

And then this article came across my Twitter stream (Tweet-stream?). Jason Kenney, the Conservative Minister for Citizenship and Immigration, deleted any mention of equal rights for non-hetero citizens. Really? And then, according to the article, he was surprised that it had happened. Really.

It seems to me that this is a perfect example of not doing unto others, and not following any sort of belief that we are all one.

At least to me, if he had these beliefs, he would be unable to ostracize and continually villianise even one person, let alone an entire demographic of the population. And let’s be honest, he’s been on record against same-sex rights for a long time.

And, to be clear. I care because I believe we are all One. What we do to another, we ultimately do to ourselves.

That is why I care about equal rights for all citizens.

That is why I care about human rights for all people.

That is why I care that 20% of the world’s population has 80% of the wealth.

And, that is why I care that we are devastating our natural environment and resources.

We have been terrible stewards of our world. I think it is time to change that.

Harper’s Canada is not my Canada. And that’s why I’m running for the Greens.

So there.