Inspiring Change. Caring for Creation.
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Creation & Community
This talk was given by Miranda Harris, a founder of A Rocha, for the 2003 "Creation Groaning" Conference organised by A Rocha and Regent College, Vancouver, Canada. She speaks on the value of community in Christian living and the need to walk together in faith.
Rev David Bookless
Dave is the National Director of A Rocha UK, based in Southall, West London. He is much in demand as a speaker and preacher, and is the author of Planetwise: Dare to Care for God's World. Dave and his wife Anne started up the A Rocha project in Southall, working to turn neglected waste ground into a country park and wildlife reserve, so he brings many years of experience in practical conservation and campaigning, as well as biblical study, to the subject of creation care.
In July 2008, Dave spoke at St Paul's Church, Shadwell, England, on "How to be Planetwise" (Genesis 1 and 2) and "Jesus and the Earth" (Colossians 1:15-20). Each talk follows prayer and the reading.
The Groaning Creation
This talk was given by Prof Sir Ghillean Prance, Chair of A Rocha's International Trustees, for the 2003 "Creation Groaning" Conference organized by A Rocha and Regent College, Vancouver, Canada. He speaks about the seriousness of the environmental crisis due, in part, to the lack of action by Christians through the ages. He provides a number of examples of creation groaning and evidence that the world is losing many of its species, from the extinction of Hawaii's native plants and animals, to the increasing deforestation of the Brazilian rainforest.
Climate Change, Health and Faith
Having taken leave from his regular work of training family doctors in the UK, Dr Graham McAll is examining the health impact of global climate change and the response of Christian clinicians. As a member of the UK’s Climate and Health Council, he has written and spoken on this subject over the last few years. Formerly, Graham lived in Malaysia for seven years with his family when he worked as a lecturing surgeon in Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Keeping Earth in Common: A Just Faith for a Whole World
Is it inevitable that caring for people conflicts with the care of the non-human creation? Does Christ's call to love our neighbours marginalize all concern for plants and animals, air and water? Paul observed in Romans that the groaning of people and the groaning of the earth often go hand-in-hand in our broken world. The prophet Hosea explicitly links humankind's rejection of God to both social and ecological oppression and injustice. This conference, held at Regent College, explores three aspects of these interrelated issues of justice. It can be purchased online for $44.00.
