Timothy L. Van Meter

Tim Van Meter is the Assistant Professor of Youth Ministry and Christian Education in the Alford Chair at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio. He teaches course in youth ministry, spiritual formation, ecology and social change.

Created in Delight challenges the church to take seriously the relationship of human beings with the earth and their fellow creatures. It challenges communities of faith to construct youth and young adult ministry through an ecological hermeneutic. Van Meter includes narratives from his youth work and teaching as well as ecological theology and an exploration of contemporary ecological concerns. He challenges youth and young-adult ministers to seek their own formation through practicing hope in resistance to despair as they engage ecological questions in partnership with young people. Th e book concludes by asserting that cultivating curiosity, compassion, resilience, wisdom and other virtues is essential for the continuing health of young people and faith communities. (from book's back cover)