Food & Faith & Volleyball

During the first week of our God & Nature course, professor Uko Zylstra (Calvin College) took us through some pretty tough issues.  We thought a lot about food ethics, how nutrition relates to our faith, and the interconnectedness of ecological health, human health, economic health and community health.  We also took a look at the Bible through an agrarian lens, with the help of Ellen Davis' book, "Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture."

In between classes this week, we found many opportunities to enjoy our jungle campus.  Among other things, we cooled off in the river a few times,

and played some volleyball in the garden.

Lauren serves it up

It was supposed to be a friendly, relaxed event, but professor Uko brought his game face and it quickly became competitive, as he had warned us it would.

Canadian vs Canadian

Besides learning about Uko's volleyball skills, one of the main points that students ascertained from this week is that how we eat connects very closely to (and should thoughtfully reflect) our faith as followers of Christ.  This is something that we will continue to explore and put into practice throughout the rest of the semester here at CCSP.