Stewardship

What is Stewardship?

The dictionary definition of the word stewardship is “the job of supervising or taking care of something, such as an organization or property. The earth is our greatest priority for us all and without it our lives would be over. The earth keeps us alive and in return we must do our part. We think of ourselves as the kings and the masters of everything but we have only been around for approximately 300,000 years and a tiny ant has been around for 140-168 million years! “Even those creatures you deem superfluous (extra) in this world -- like flies, fleas, and gnats -- nevertheless have their allotted task in the scheme of Creation(Exodus Rabbah 10: 1). Annoying bees pollinate flowers and keep them alive. So Stewardship means to work and protect something smaller than you or something you rely on.

How can I be a Steward

Being a Steward means to protect and work or to take care as you already know. Many people like Christians, Muslims, and Jews take stewardship as a big thing. Their tradition teaches that god created the world and us to work it and protect it. How you can be a steward is to donate to big or small nature organizations like the World Wildlife Foundation, plant trees around your neighborhood and encourage others to be stewards. We can’t reach a worldly goal without us all reaching a worldly goal so make your whole community stewards .

Watch this hilarious video to to hear a poem about a steward and his tomato while on a long voyage:

Ross Gay, The Book of Delights. "Tomato On Board"

This page was created by Lionel Liston