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June 21-27, 2010 Water and a Baptismal Life.

This is the third in a series of a ten-year commitment on the part of Ghost Ranch to "Earth-honoring Faith: A Song of Songs." The goal of the series is to construct justice-centered, Earth-honoring Christianities that promote interfaith efforts on common Earth issues.

The 2010 focus is on a water "conversation" between the waters upon which all life depends and the sacramental "waters of life" of religious rites and ceremonies. Participants include experts in water law and climate change, national and international water policy and water issues in communities of the arid Southwest, on the one hand, and teachers of theology, ethics, and liturgy whose work includes a focus on water, on the other.

2010 Instructors include Marty Haugen, Janet Walton, Ben Stewart, Larry Rasmussen, Denise Fort, Blanca Surgeon and David Douglas.

The 2011 course is scheduled for June 20 - 26, and the topic will be "Envisioning Paradise: Beauty and Restoration." Faculty will include Rita Nakashima Brock, Barbara Rossing and Daniel Spencer.