I'm heading to New Zealand in less than two weeks to participate in the Creation Care Studies Program (CCSP) in Kaikoura (on the South Island). Kaikoura is located right where the peninsula in the picture attaches to the rest of the island. I will be teaching a week-long course on God and Nature, examining the Biblical and theological basis for Creation Care. We will be examining the ways that a broken relationship with the rest of creation breaks our relationships with other humans and with God. Likewise, a healthy relationship with God's creation cultivates right relationship with God and human. We will be looking at the ways that detachment from the land affect detachment from community and God.
The program is a strong program and here's a cool video showing more about the program. A group of 24 students are studying there all semester and several professors come through and teach one course at a time. Instead of meeting in a classroom, many of our sessions will be held out of doors--on a mountain lookout, or on a local farm, or around a fire on the beach. This semester's students also have a blog about what's going on so far.
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I think this program needs someone to teach those students how to paint watercolors and draw the things that they are seeing. What a landscape!
Do you know anyone who could do that? =)
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