The EcoChristian Podcast

07/06/2024

Speaking to our children about climate change is no small ordeal… but is it possible that the Psalms provide for us a way in? Check out this conversation bet...

03/06/2024

29/05/2024

Speaking to our children about climate change is no small ordeal… but is it possible that the Psalms provide for us a way in? Check out this conversation between Caleb and theologian T. Wilson Dickinson as they discuss the new book, Singing the Psalms with My Son: Praying and Parenting for a Healed Planet.

25/05/2024

If you eat... you're a part of this one!

15/05/2024

The goodness of God’s creation speaks for itself when given the opportunity to flourish! In this episode, we enjoy the return of farmer and professor Jason Adkins and we also discuss the recent film Common Ground!

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09/05/2024

01/05/2024

What if our salvation is entangled within God’s good creation much more than we ever consider?

In this special episode, we get the opportunity to sit down with theologian Howard Snyder to unpack the deeper notes of our Biblical salvation story and also chat about some ecological intersections from John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.

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17/04/2024

The Earth is losing colossal rates of topsoil every year. Without healthy soil, humans, along with the rest of creation, cannot thrive as God designed us to. Is it any coincidence that our first Biblical instructions are to serve and keep the garden?

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Exploring what it means to be Christian on planet Earth.

03/04/2024

What if, what’s missing from environmental discussions today aren’t simply more climate scientists and more ecologists… but more love?

Listen to this special episode featuring A Rocha International’s Executive Director, Ed Walker. Caleb and Ed chat about the ins and outs of the work of creation care and the deep need for Christ’s love within it.

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Exploring what it means to be Christian on planet Earth.

27/03/2024

25/03/2024

Want to know how to engage your kids this spring? Don’t miss your chance to hear from Rev. Flo Oakes - and check out the wild wonder camp! More from Flo: https://www.floparisoakes.com/Wild Wonder Camp Curriculum: https://arocha.us/wild-wonder

21/03/2024

Friends! If you're just getting started on your creation care journey, or are in deep - consider joining others across America this April 16th to better serve and keep God's good creation!

Learn more at: https://nationalfaithandclimateforum.org/

Blessed Tomorrow

20/03/2024

In this episode of The ecoChristian Podcast, we sit down for a conversation with Rev. Flo Oakes and explore the intersections between childlikeness and creation, and also learn about the Wild Wonder Camp!

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Exploring what it means to be Christian on planet Earth.

14/03/2024

What if... its all about our attention?

07/03/2024

Friends! Check out this great resource to help engage your congregation in earthcare this spring! It's currently available from Creation Justice Ministries!

> Plastic Jesus: Real Faith in a Synthetic World

Everywhere we look in our culture you will find plastic. One place where you will not find plastic, however, is in the Bible.
This resource from Creation Justice Ministries is designed to help congregations think more deeply about the ways that plastics impact our lives and God's creation. It is also intended to equip people of faith to take actions to address this epidemic in faithful and practical ways.

Download this resource to find stories of individuals and communities making a positive impact, sermon starters to spark meaningful discussions in your church, worship resources to unite in prayer and reflection, and actionable steps to address the plastic crisis in your life, community and, our world.
Link: https://www.creationjustice.org/plasticjesus.html

07/03/2024

So good!

WWJW … What Would Jesus Wear!? For this fantastic episode we are joined again by Rev. Megan Pardue to talk about t-shirts, fashion, following Jesus, and hard...

28/02/2024

In this episode, we are joined by theologian and author Yvette R. Blair-Lavallais, as we discuss food insecurity, particularly around women in black and brown communities who suffer under the weight of systemic food injustice.

23/02/2024

Such a great chat about Food Justice with Rev. Yvette!

21/02/2024

Listen to Ep. 15 out TODAY!

Food apartheid may be the best suited description and context of those suffering within the margins of society today. What are the ramifications of being created to have good food yet, going a lifetime without it? How might we as the church step into the gospel message as it is proclaimed through true nutritional wellbeing and the ministry of presence?

In this episode, we are joined with theologian and author Yvette R. Blair-Lavallais, as we discuss food insecurity, particularly around women in black and brown communities who suffer under the weight of systemic food injustice.

Reverend Doctor Yvette R. Blair-Lavallais is a womanist public theologian and food justice strategist. Her work focuses on the intersection of food insecurity, famines, displacement, and gentrification of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous peoples. Currently, she serves on the ministerial team at Greater Garth Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dallas. She is an adjunct faculty member at Memphis Theological Seminary where she teaches Theologies of the Land in the doctoral program. She is the author of Scrimpin' and Scrapin': The Hardships and Hustle of Women and Food Insecurity in Texas Through a Womanist Lens.

More from Yvette! - https://yvetteblair.com/ Yvette Blair-Lavallais

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15/02/2024

Episode 14!
Water and Contamination Theology with Rev. Todd Womack

10/02/2024

Ep. 14 with Rev. Todd Womack - Water and Contamination Theology

07/02/2024

We live in a time when our sins have contaminated our water, is it possible that the gospel of Jesus in our communities is even more infectious than our sins, bringing life and healing to the waters around us?

Caleb is joined with Rev. Todd Womack as they discuss the ins and outs of the water crisis in Flint, MI, commodification, and the church.

Todd is a social worker by profession. He currently serves as a lecturer and academic advisor at the University of Michigan- Flint, in the Social Work Department. Todd pastors with his wife Roshanda at the Underground Church. Todd has a passion for racial equity and equality which is evident in his continued dedication and work towards strengthening Flint neighborhoods and supporting realistic and solution-focused experiences.

31/01/2024

In what ways, are you, your faith community, and the sacraments you partake with, in right relationship with God's good creation?

24/01/2024

Avery Davis Lamb shares of a recent baptismal experience in the melting water of a glacier. Questions arise around how all of our sacraments might become more placed, embodied, and earthed. What are the ramifications of this theologically and practically for us?

12/01/2024

It’s 2024! Where is our Hope?

In the wake of advancing tech and AI… is our hope in our own technological advances? Is our hope in the transcending of even more of our limitations? To become superhuman in our ability to “Be Green”!?

If we’re stuck being the source of hope… attempting to type it one moment in order to generate reality the next… if our hope is solely in ourselves, we must at some point consider if it’s even really hope at all…

Check out ep. 12 - "2024 and the 4-Letter Word"

10/01/2024

First one of 2024 dropped today. Many who work in the eco sector don’t dare to use the four letter word. But as Christians, this little word is kind of a big deal.

04/01/2024

As 2023 ends and 2024 begins... What is the part your faith community is playing for the whole?

Listen to this wonderful conversation with Rev. Susan Hendershot, president at Interfaith Power & Light, as she reflects on her time at COP 28 in Dubai and her work in equipping others toward creation care!

Interfaith Power & Light

27/12/2023

Ep 11 – Your Faith Community & Climate Change with Susan Hendershot

This final episode of 2023 takes a pulse on the recent United Nation’s climate change conference (COP 28) and how that connects with communities of faith! Makayla Johnson returns to co-host, and we hear from Rev. Susan Hendershot, president of Interfaith Power & Light! Don’t miss this dialogue and chance to learn about practical tools for your community.

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Learn more about and connect with them here: https://interfaithpowerandlight.org/