This piece is about the fires that burned and continue to burn on the West Coast of the United States. Romans 8 speaks of the creation groaning in the world in its current fallen state. I believe that the natural disasters and ecological devastation that visits humanity is a physical aspect of creation's groaning. Even these events deemed natural, are I believe, part of a fallen creation that we exist in, and that humanity essentially caused to be broken in the first place. Humanity has an impact on creation which has an impact on humanity. Subduing and proper stewardship of the earth has a couple layers to it. It’s not only abstaining from certain things, but a call and invitation into activity and tending in a number of different ways.