Creation Care: A Christian Conversation
Olivet Nazarene University, a small Christian university in the suburbs of Chicago, is not where most people imagine a panel on community engagement and environmental conservation to be held. On October 28, 2017 a group of community leaders including pastors, nonprofit directors and professors gathered together to do just that. The event titled The Creation Care Practicum focused on how...
Read MoreDr. Susan Emmerich Inspires Biblical Stewardship at 2016 Creation Care Practicum
A generous grant from the Hoghton Family Charitable Trust enabled Dr. Susan Emmerich to conduct the Creation Care Practicum on May 14 in conjunction with the 2016 Law, Justice, and Culture Institute. The unique one-day course gave students a biblical view of stewardship as it relates to God’s created order. This pioneering faith-based approach to creation care is documented in the Center’s...
Read More2015 Creation Care Scholars Inspired by Center’s Ground-Breaking Film
A generous grant from the Hoghton Family Charitable Trust enabled Dr. Susan Emmerich to conduct the Creation Care Practicum on May 16 in conjunction with the 2015 Law, Justice, and Culture Institute. The one-day course gave students a biblical view of stewardship as it relates to God’s created order. This pioneering faith-based approach to creation care is documented in the Center’s...
Read MoreLausanne Consultation Produces Call to Action
Dr. Susan Emmerich presented the paper “Creation Care as a Ministry of Reconciliation” at the Lausanne Consultation on Creation Care October 29-November 3rd in Jamaica. The Consultation produced a Call to Action with a call for stewards to address “reconciliation” efforts as it pertains to creation care. Read more about The Lausanne Movement and the...
Read MoreDr. Susan Emmerich Featured in Podcast for Agabus Project
Part one of a two-part podcast with Dr. Susan Emmerich, director of the Center’s Creation Care Program, is now available online through the Agabus Project. In an interview by Lowell Bliss, Emmerich introduces listeners to Tangier Island and outlines the conflict on the island as told in her movie, When Heaven Meets Earth. The Agabus Project is the creation care and environmental missions...
Read MoreDr. Susan Emmerich to Lead One-Day Practicum
On Saturday, November 12, 2011, Dr. Susan Emmerich will lead “When Heaven Meets Earth: A Creation Care, Conflict Management and Sustainability Practicum” at Wheaton College, in Wheaton, Illinois. This one-day practicum will explore biblical principles of stewardship and conflict management based on Emmerich’s faith-based stewardship work on Tangier Island shown in her newest film When...
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