Location: New Zealand
Member Since:
May 20, 2015
Mark Gibson
Biography
Mark Gibson is a Methodist minister at New Brighton Union Church. With his family, he has lived through the ongoing challenges of the 2010–11 earthquakes that impacted Christchurch. He is deeply engaged in parish and community ministry.
In 2007 he led a Lenten pilgrimage from Rakiura-Stewart Island to Wellington, to raise awareness of climate change and environmental degradation in the South Island. Mark also leads The River of Life project based in east Christchurch and co-leads the Avon Otakaro Network.
Mark is a 6th generation Cantabrian, married with four children and three grandchildren. The In-Between Land is his first published collection.
In 2007 he led a Lenten pilgrimage from Rakiura-Stewart Island to Wellington, to raise awareness of climate change and environmental degradation in the South Island. Mark also leads The River of Life project based in east Christchurch and co-leads the Avon Otakaro Network.
Mark is a 6th generation Cantabrian, married with four children and three grandchildren. The In-Between Land is his first published collection.
Where to find Mark Gibson online
Where to buy in print
Books
The in-Between Land: Psalms, Poems and Haiku
by Mark Gibson
Price:
$8.49 USD.
Words: 11,130.
Language:
English.
Published: June 15, 2015
by
Philip Garside.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Social Science » Disasters & Disaster Relief, Poetry » Themes & motifs » Places
Severe earthquakes struck Christchurch in 2010–2011. For many people, the city and life they knew has gone, but they are not yet able to move forward – they are stuck in-between. In this moving collection of psalms, poems and haiku, Methodist minister Mark Gibson tells their story.