Podcasting from a small town in the Bible Belt you’re listening to The Environmental Christian podcast. (No, that’s not an oxymoron.) Email me at: environmentalchristian[at]gmail[dot]com
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Luke 1 gives us a glimpse of Mary, Jesus’s mother.Door The Environmental Christian
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Welcome to the Environmental Christian Walking podcast. This is a guided 30 minute walking podcast that includes scripture reading (lectio divina), silence, observation, and silent prayer and thanks. This is intended to be an intentional time with God while walking/ hiking and not an exercise podcast. We want to remind you of the importance of bein…
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I’m just not that person
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I'm learning about myself, and this year, I finally admitted that I'm just not that person.Door The Environmental Christian
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The ocean is not part of creation I get to experience very often. I’m taking time to ponder this creation and all it encompasses.Door The Environmental Christian
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Are we afraid of silence? How do we have a relationship with Jesus without listening?Door The Environmental Christian
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Rethinking Ownership and Dominion
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Stripped down, real conversation coming from the grief of a companion. This conversation will be divided into separate podcasts. The first podcast, rethinking dominion theology.Door The Environmental Christian
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This world in which we live screams at us about earthly things. It’s overwhelming. And our brains are going to tell us we don’t have time to read the Bible and contemplate what it says or take a walk and experience God in nature or sit in silence to listen to God’s quiet voice. And to that, I say...Door The Environmental Christian
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What is Lent?Door The Environmental Christian
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Why did Jesus go to the wilderness after his baptism? What happens when wild places are deforested?Door The Environmental Christian
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There are ships waiting to be unburdened at an L.A. port. Some are looking into what's causing the delay. But, let's ask ourselves, why are there so many?Door The Environmental Christian
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Robin Gottfried shares about his fable
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Robin Gottfried wrote a fable and he shares why and reads a chapter.Door The Environmental Christian
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I've invited some experts from The Center for Religion and the Environment at the University of the South in Sewanee to share with us for the next month or two. Host Jerry Cappel and Dr. Robin Gottfried lead us in a concept of Beauty by Design.Door The Environmental Christian
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We can't end with Good Friday. Easter is here!Door The Environmental Christian
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Holy Friday (come back Monday)Door The Environmental Christian
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My favorite service of the year because it tells the history of the last supper. It connects the old testament to the new.Door The Environmental Christian
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There are times in the Bible where it is mentioned that God hardened someone’s heart. King Saul particularly comes to mind. I always struggle when the Bible says something that God did that seems counterintuitive to the loving God I believe in.Door The Environmental Christian
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What is compost? It’s the fifth R: rot. It’s taking your green matter: organic kitchen waste like veggie scraps and fruit peels and mixing them with brown matter: sawdust, cardboard, shredded paper and dry leaves to create a condition where the scraps can break down naturally and you end up with something you can put on your garden to enrich the so…
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For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. Luke 6:45Door The Environmental Christian
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For winter, use 68 degrees while you’re awake and at home. Lower it when you go to bed. As for summer, 78 degrees when you’re home and awake. The lower the difference between the inside and outside temps the lower your cooling bill.Door The Environmental Christian
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How often do we take the time to study nature around us?Door The Environmental Christian
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Can you imagine a world where there is fighting in grocery stores for a product everyone easily has a replacement for in their homes?Door The Environmental Christian
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We’re used to thinking about footprints like what we make in the sand going on a nice walk on the beach. There are other footprints that leave a trail that have nothing to do with feet. Today, we’re going to talk about our environmental footprint, specifically auditing our household trash.Door The Environmental Christian
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You’ve heard the saying “when it rains it pours”?Door The Environmental Christian
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I believe everyone is familiar with the 10 commandments. Even if we ignore them. Or we believe and abide by Jesus’ fulfillment of the law with Love God and Love Neighbor.Door The Environmental Christian
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It’s so easy to get caught up with what needs to be done that we miss opportunities for the really important stuff like time with our family.Door The Environmental Christian
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Join my friend Joy and me as we talk about purchasing clothing. There are some tips of what we look for, she as a buyer for her store and me as a consumer. Check out her store and mission: Iddy and Oscar'sDoor The Environmental Christian
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We usually associate collateral damage with the death of unintended victims, mostly civilians. We don’t usually hear about it in terms of creation. But in Deuteronomy, we see specifics in waging war and one of those is to not destroy fruit trees. Why?Door The Environmental Christian
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Interview with Whitney Simpson, founder of Exploring Peace Ministries and author of Holy Listening with Breath, Body and Spirit. We talk about spiritual direction, disciplines and breathing. Meditation/ Lectio Divina practice at 18:57. Exploring Peace MeditationsDoor The Environmental Christian
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Why should we love trees? Oh, let us count the ways. Want more info on American Heritage Trees?Door The Environmental Christian
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Dr. Matthew Sleeth wrote an excellent book called Reforesting Faith: What Trees Teach Us About the Nature of God and His Love for Us. I want to share an unofficial study he did over the years regarding trees in the Bible.Door The Environmental Christian
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It’s wonderful that we have nature all around us. Even in the city we can look to the sky, find plants growing in crevices, and see birds. (Or at least the evidence of birds.) You can also see evidence of humans.Door The Environmental Christian
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Friends Gabby and Scott, author of The Year Without a Purchase, join me to talk about their year, what they learned and how they're proceeding. (This podcast is about 18 minutes long.)Door The Environmental Christian
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7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay,[a] so that the surpassing greatness of the power may be from God and not from ourselves. 2 Cor. 4:7Door The Environmental Christian
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Why, after such an announcement like “this is my son whom I am well pleased” did Jesus remove himself from company and spend 40 days alone without food?Door The Environmental Christian
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Did you know cleaning the house can be hazardous to your health?Door The Environmental Christian
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Creation Care Themes in Scripture
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10 creation care themes in scriptureDoor The Environmental Christian
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We're familiar with the 3Rs, but what about the 5Rs?Door The Environmental Christian
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There are five books of poetry and wisdom in the Bible: Job, a book about human suffering; Psalms, a book that can be used for prayers; Proverbs, a book of wisdom; Ecclesiastes, a book about living; and Song of Songs, a PG-13 book about love.Door The Environmental Christian
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Reveling in the Genesis scripture, poetry by Dr. Scott Cairn, and getting in the dirt.Door The Environmental Christian
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2020 was a hard news year. And we can access the news 24/7 from our fingertips. What can we do?Door The Environmental Christian
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Let's talk about prayer.Door The Environmental Christian
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Do we have a problem with trash?Door The Environmental Christian
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God cared about animals. Dr. Richter helps us understand just how much.Door The Environmental Christian
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Vampire power sucks. What can we do? Why does it matter?Door The Environmental Christian
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Can we see God?Door The Environmental Christian
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What is Lent? Why do Christians participate in Lent?Door The Environmental Christian
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Christians don't just use excuses and platitudes about the environment. They use them for disasters and diseases as well.Door The Environmental Christian
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Argument 2: We don’t need to worry about nature; everything will be renewed after the rapture.
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