God and Nature 1 with Sylvia Keesmaat challenged us to think about the stories that shape us. What places in our culture tell us stories? What do these stories tell us about the earth’s value and our relationship to the earth? What does God’s story tell us?
From the first day of class, the framework of the Biblical story shaped our reading of scripture. Everyday we read scripture texts from across the Biblical story to see how different themes can be traced throughout the scriptures. Themes of creation’s voice, misuse of creation through idolatry and empire, and God’s plan of Sabbath and jubilee brought us a more complete understanding of what it means to be faithful Christians. We desire to be shaped by God’s story instead of the stories told to us by our culture. And with God’s grace, we will continue to dig in the garden in anticipation of the end of the story, the new heaven and the new earth!
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