Finding Spiritual Green Space November 21, 2008
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In the 1950s, renowned French planner Jacques Gréber proposed a “greenbelt” for Ottawa, Ontario, as part of a master plan for Canada’s capital region. More than half a century later, the greenbelt is a natural haven in the midst of an urban area. The greenbelt, about 50,300 acres of open lands and forests, encircles Ottawa on the Ontario side of the Ottawa River.
The concept of planning green space in the landscape was groundbreaking in Gréber’s time, but today it has become commonplace. For city dwellers facing daily smog alerts, the need for green space has never been more urgent.
Now a group of pastors from New England is making the case for planning “green space” in our spiritual lives, too. “As cities carve out green spaces to break urban congestion, we need to help each other find green spaces in our busy lives,” said Bruce Dykstra, a pastor originally from Pictou, Novia Scotia, who now serves The River Christian Reformed Church in Sutton, Mass.
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