British historian, Lord Acton famously said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”  I’ve quoted this before. It bears repeating. An honest look at history shows that it’s often true.

Another Earth Day has come and gone, and the gross insufficiency of humanity’s responses to multitudes of clear and present environmental dangers remains glaringly obvious. I would like to use this column to reflect, from a spiritual standpoint, upon the environmental messages that Earth Day is meant to highlight and to serve as a call to action.