20 episodes
The ecoChristian Podcast Caleb Cray Haynes
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- Religion & Spirituality
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5.0 • 10 Ratings
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Exploring what it means to be Christian on planet Earth.
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19 | Jesus Wants to Save Your Soil
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 instruction are to serve and keep the garden?
Resources:
Check out: “Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life” by David R. Montgomery
https://books.google.com/books/about/Growing_a_Revolution_Bringing_Our_Soil_B.html?id=0R5DDQAAQBAJ
Ted Talk: “How to fight desertification and reverse climate change” by Allan Savory https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_fight_desertification_and_reverse_climate_change?language=en
Research: “MIDWESTERN US HAS LOST 57.6 BILLION METRIC TONS OF SOIL DUE TO AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES” by University of Massachusetts Amherst https://www.umass.edu/news/article/midwestern-us-has-lost-576-billion-metric-tons-soil-due-agricultural-practices#:~:text=What%20they%20discovered%20is%20that,the%20soil%2C%20160%20years%20ago.
Article: “Desertification: the world is losing healthy land at an astonishing rate” by Tom Howarth|https://geographical.co.uk/news/desertification-the-world-is-losing-healthy-land-at-an-astonishing-rate
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18 | A Creation Soaked Good News with A Rocha’s Ed Walker
What if what’s missing from environmental work today isn’t simply more climate scientists and more ecologists… but more love?
This special episode features 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.
Learn more about A Rocha! https://arocha.org/en/
Check out these books by Ed Waker:
Reflections from the scorched-earth https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5999368-reflections-from-the-scorched-earth
A House Built on Love https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49186260-a-house-built-on-love
A Rocha’s Field Notes Podcast https://arocha.org/en/field-notes-podcast/
Plastic Jesus Resource by Creation Justice Ministries: https://www.creationjustice.org/plasticjesus.html
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17 | Wild Wonder with Flo Paris Oakes
Do you need permission to sit and wonder at the intricacies of God’s creation? The child within you is created to wild and wonder.
In this episode, Caleb takes a seat with Rev. Flo Oakes as they explore together the intersections between childlikeness and creation, and chat about the Wild Wonder Camp!
Rev. Flo is the author of the children’s camp curriculum “Wild Wonder” and a member of the music group Rain for Roots. She is the Childrens Pastor at St. Mary of Bethany and is passionate about children’s spirituality and creating art and resources that affirm the dignity of children. She is also the co-author of the book Little Prayers for Ordinary Days.
More from Flo: https://www.floparisoakes.com/Wild Wonder Camp Curriculum: https://arocha.us/wild-wonder
The National Faith + Climate Forum: https://nationalfaithandclimateforum.org/
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16 | Sacred Attention - Jesus and T-shirts with Megan Pardue
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 to receive sermons. Listen in as Megan and Caleb dig deeper into Jesus instruction to “take nothing with you.”
Check out Megan’s sermon referenced in the show (Note: this particular recording is not from the university mentioned in this episode) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eastern-nazarene-college-chapel-services/id593035936?i=1000422809543
Rev. Megan M. Pardue (she/her) is the pastor of Refuge Home
Church in Durham, NC. In addition to pastoring, she co-hosts the A Plain Account lectionary preaching podcast and teaches preaching at Duke Divinity School. She lives in Durham with her husband Keith and two children and enjoys growing a garden in the city.
Hear more from Megan: - "A Calling to Creation Care." Recent feature about Refuge Home Church and climate change in the Duke Divinity magazine.
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15 | The Gospel of Food Justice with Yvette R. Blair-Lavallais
Food apartheid may be the best suited description and context for 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 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.
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/ Scrimpin' and Scrapin': The Hardships and Hustle of Women and Food Insecurity in Texas Through a Womanist Lens - https://yvetteblair.com/welcome#7020e610-e207-4232-b0eb-fb450ef8e178
Learn more about taking action with the Farm Bill: https://creationcare.org/what-we-do/initiatives-campaigns/2023-farm-bill.html
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14 | Water and Contamination Theology with Todd Womack
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.
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Check out the work and support Flint Rx Kids! https://flintrxkids.com/
Connect with Todd! twomack@umich.edu
Study mentioned: “Researchers find a massive number of plastic particles in bottled water” https://www.npr.org/2024/01/10/1223730333/bottled-water-plastic-microplastic-nanoplastic-study
Roshanda Womack – “We are Flint” Music Video
https://youtu.be/13FxgML7JP8
Keeping Creation – 5 Week Study (with Caleb, Todd, and others!)https://www.thefoundrypublishing.com/keeping-creation-9780834142039.html?fbclid=IwAR0SNm_0k0MHzE61qN2vJNrX_S4h2mzUpVSwScRCf1BqlFC1LNK6aKD2G9U
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Important Conversations
These conversations are so so very important to have. I love the variety of topics and yet connecting all of them to Christian faith. This is such a great resource for all no matter where they are in their journey!
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These conversations are so important to be having. Thankful for this outlet to chew on new ideas, be challenged to make changes, and to be encouraged that there are more Christians out there who think and care about this like I do! Looking forward to where this takes us!
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I’m so grateful this podcast is available! There are practical ecological podcasts, Christian theology podcasts, and justice-oriented podcasts, but to get this intersection all in one is fantastic. (With Caleb’s personality