I urge you to watch this video of a presentation by N.T. Wright. The YouTube description for this talk at Fuller Seminary in 2014 reads as follows:

In his lecture “What is God’s Future for the World?” delivered at the 2014 Fuller Forum, N. T. Wright, New Testament scholar and former bishop of Durham, delved into Pauline eschatology—a vision not of people leaving the world but of God making the world right.

N.T. Wright is brilliant and one of the best people I have ever heard explain the Christian faith. I believe you will find this invaluable in understanding the Bible, Paul and the future of Creation and our role in it. There really is Good News for us and for all of Creation. This resonates with the message of John Phelan in his book Essential Eschatology: Our Present and Future Hope.

God bless you and your service to God and our Savior in 2021. May your energies for caring and renewing the life of God’s earth as part of your whole faith be renewed and strengthened.