The EcoChristian Podcast

21/12/2024

Did you catch our last episode of 2024?

How does light pollution affect your life?

How might darkness be a gift for us this season?

From our sleep, to cancer, to pollinators, to carbon emissions, to birthing wallabies, levels of light pollution affect God’s creation in so many ways. This ...

18/12/2024

From our sleep, to cancer, to pollinators, to carbon emissions, to birthing wallabies, levels of light pollution affect God’s creation in so many ways.

This Advent season, how might we lean on God’s promises as people looking for light in the darkest time of the year? And could that darkness be part of the good news?



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04/12/2024

What is the deal with our beliefs around the end times and how does that affect the way we think about climate change and biodiversity loss? Here we’re joined by Ben Lowe of A Rocha USA to talk about his research on that very topic!



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20/11/2024

What if Hope is not about what we “get,” but about what we are invited into? Today, we are joined by Norman Wirzba on his new book Loves Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis. This episode is rich in content probing everything from forgiveness to architecture as we journey deeper into the conversation of embodying the love of Christ within God’s living world.

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Loves Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis - https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300272659/loves-braided-dance/

More from Norman: https://www.normanwirzba.com/

Duke Divinity: https://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/norman-wirzba

07/11/2024

How might your death become a final act of good news for the earth? Did you know that most burials today are environmentally problematic? Can we change our posture around death from being something taboo or disconnected from creation toward something… life-giving and participating in God’s larger design?

There are some creative means of “burial” today that offer ecological good news – so there’s no time like the present to plan ahead!

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23/10/2024

Looking for simple everyday practical steps to care for creation? We got you right here!

In episode 28, we hear from Crys Zinkiewicz who is part of the United Methodist Church and author of a monthly practical newsletter offering tips toward environmental sustainability! Hear how Crys engages this work in practical ways in her everyday life and all the places she touches!

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Sign up here to receive her monthly Creation Care Tips! - https://umcreationjustice.org/tips/

Check out her husband's book, Downsizing Made EZ ! - ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Downsizing-Made-EZ-Stress-Better/dp/B0CWDVNRWN⁠

09/10/2024

Crunching through leaves, this episode is recorded within the fresh forest air and comes with fresh perspectives on God’s gracious creation! Hitting the trail, Caleb is joined by Rev. Dr. Deirdre Brower-Latz for a wonderful hike and conversation as they encounter cedars, moss, deer, and… John Wesley. How might we be faithful stewards, and co-habitat the earth, without reshaping it in our image but honoring God’s beautiful design?

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Deirdre Brower Latz is the Principal of Nazarene Theological College, a validated partner college of the University of Manchester in the UK. An ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene with farming roots, she’s immersed in urban living. She’s passionate about creation care as part of God’s love for the world and God’s longing for the utter peace and Shalom of creation.

25/09/2024

Would Jesus eat beef today?

It could be said that we live in a hamburger economy. These meat patties are tied to land, oceans, rainforests, rivers, accounts and arteries… AND our faith! In this episode, Caleb explores the temptation to return to Egypt and the invitation to move forward into the Promised Land... with a side of fries!

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18/09/2024

What credits are available for your non-profit to get solar or other eco-infrastructure through the Inflation Reduction Act? Check out this incredibly helpful and practical conversation with Michelle Moore, CEO of Groundswell, and find out!

11/09/2024

Want solar for your church? Funds for green energy infrastructure are waiting for your church, but do you know how to get them?

In this conversation Caleb sits down with CEO of Groundswell, Michelle Moore, to trace the connections between loving your neighbor, energy use, local justice, and being good stewards of the resources available to us. Specifically, this episode is a helpful tool for understanding the credits and rebates available to you and your congregation through the Inflation Reduction Act! (U.S.) We’ve made this information so simple it might as-well be your birthday!

Michelle Moore is author of “Rural Renaissance” and CEO of Groundswell. She is a social entrepreneur and former White House official with roots in rural Georgia, Michelle is a relentless agent for change. Her accomplishments range from cutting the government’s energy bill by $11 billion and deploying 3.2 Gigawatts of new renewable energy for President Obama, to developing LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) into a globally recognized brand for USGBC (The U.S. Green Building Council). Michelle also serves as Secretary of the Board for the Interdenominational Theological Center. Her work is rooted in her faith and the commandment to "love your neighbor as yourself".

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05/09/2024

Who is our neighbor?

28/08/2024

What does a Kenyan Kivu Reed Frog sound like? Is it possible that the more familiar we are with the voices of God's creatures, the further we can be in right-relatedness with creation?

Listen in to this fun conversation with amphibian bioacoustic-guru and ecologist Jonathan Emerson Twining as we listen together to some special frog recordings, and have a rich dialogue on snakes, whales, spiders and other creatures of God.



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19/08/2024

Don't miss this great conversation with Derrick Weston as we kick off a new season of The ecoChristian Podcast!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhBKFdqC_II

14/08/2024

Season 2, is it possible!? To kick things off we chat about eating, the task of returning to the land, preaching, theology and the task of science within a community with Derick Weston! Derrick is an author, creator and the Theological Training and Education Coordinator with Creation Justice Ministries! Buckle up!

Have a listen https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecochristian and be sure to check out the shownotes!

02/08/2024

This archaeological dig is getting real!
On 8.14.24 the adventures continue... and “Life finds a way!”

Hope you’ll join us for new conversations, peeling back more layers, and making new friends!

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.