An earth-impacting spirituality

What if the lasting impact of faith was not achieving a life in a heavenly place on some other plane, but in living a way that impacts the flourishing of all of the earth?

This episode of Compass: Finding Spirituality in the Everyday features a walk-and-talk conversation with Rev. Caleb Cray Haynes. While we walk along a Tennessee greenway, we explore the individual's role in environmental stewardship and the connection between faith and environmental advocacy. Listen for some practical steps for environmental impact and the spiritual significance of creation.

In this episode:

(00:00) Exploring Creation Care

(05:56) Garbage Theology and Environmental Awakening

(12:08) Theological Perspectives on Creation Care

(18:13) Hope and Action for Environmental Change

(24:00) The Connection Between Faith and Environmental Advocacy

(30:01) Drawing Closer to God Through Creation

Caleb Haynes is an advocate on issues of environmental justice for the church at large and co-founder of Nazarenes for Creation Care, an organization designed to equip the church for engaging in the call to “serve and keep” creation. He’s released the book “Earthbound  Christian”, which asks the question: what if the flourishing life we are made for is not “out there” but “down here” on Earth?

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