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	Steve teaches in the Religion Department, directs the Environmental Studies program, and is Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning at Hope College. Having lived in Toronto, Los Angeles, and Chicago, Steve now lives in a 121 year old house in Holland, Michigan with his wife and numerous animals with Spanish names (Rosita, Lokita). His oldest daughter Anna is a Hope College graduate living in New York City, his middle daughter Chara is a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay, and his youngest daughter Sophia is a student at Hope. His wife Celaine is a marriage and family therapist, a spiritual director, and an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. Steve spends as much time as possible outside, including taking students whitewater rafting, flatwater canoeing, and backpacking in the Adirondacks of upstate New York every May as part of a 3 week Hope course entitled &ldquo;Ecological Theology and Ethics.&rdquo;</p>
