The work of a theology that will contribute to the care of and the future of the earth is still in many ways in its early stages. Dianne Bergants own work on themes of wisdom, creation, prayer, and preaching has made a significant contribution to that theology. It is hoped that these essays will continue that important task of making a better world in which the next generation will grow and mature.

Essays and contributors are "The Creatures Know!" by Walter Brueggemann; "Redeeming Gospel Feminism From Anti-Judaism," by Mary C. Boys, S.N.J.M.; "The Divine I Am: Wisdom Motifs in the Gospel of John," by Barbara E. Bowe; "Creation as a Divine-Human Collaboration," by Herman E. Schaalman; "Creation, Revelation and Redemption: Recovering the Biblical Tradition as a Conversation Partner to Ecology," by Carol J. Dempsey, O.P.; "Three Who Loved Wisdom," by Agnes Cunningham, S.S.C.M.; "Charged with the Grandeur of God: The Created World as a Path to Prayer," by Anthony J. Gittins, C.S.Sp.; "The Myth of the Garden and Spiritual Ministry in Postmodern America," by Mary Frohlich, R.S.C.J.; "Natures Parables and the Preaching of the Gospel," by Mary Catherine Hilkert, O.P.; and "Preaching Morality without Moralizing," by Andrew L. Nelson.