About the author: 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 thr...