"He's got the whole world in his hands" -- so the old spiritual points to God's concern for the whole of creation. Our lead writer, George Murphy, shows how Paul's intriguing comment about the eventual redemption of the natural world is timely and relevant in a number of respects. Biblical faith with few exceptions involves more than an individual response to the word. It calls us in our time to become aware of threats to our natural environment and to other species, and it calls us to live in expectation of the ultimate reconciliation of all things to God.