Environment

When you drive, your car gradually wears down the road, wears out asphalt, and puts stress on bridges. Since bigger cars and longer trips use more gas, paying a tax every time you fill up is an easy way to make sure everyone pays their fair share of road repairs based on how much they drive.

As Halloween approaches, neighborhood lawns transform into landscapes of cobwebs, glowing Jack-o’-lanterns, and makeshift graveyards. We delight in pretend monsters, ghost stories, and haunted houses. But as night falls and autumn chills over the Great Lakes, a far more terrifying reality lurks in plain sight—one that doesn't vanish when we take down Halloween decorations.

When we reduce creation to a balance sheet, we lose sight of its intrinsic value and our duty to protect it. We are not owners of the earth; we are its stewards. We are called to live life’s more worthy path—one grounded in responsibility, reverence, and justice for current and future generations.